Feeding a Poor Family as Expiation for an Oath
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I owe an expiation for an oath, and there is a poor family.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I owe an expiation for an oath, and there is a poor family consisting of ten people: the parents and their children. Is it obligatory for me to feed ten poor people to this family, or clothe them, considering that each member of this family is a poor person?
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is a good thing. The number of people in the household is ten, on the condition that they all eat food. If there is among them a person who does not eat food, that is not permissible. It is necessary that he eats food, even if he is small; the poor person is the one who eats food.
Honorable Shaykh, I owe an expiation for an oath, and there is a poor family.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I owe an expiation for an oath, and there is a poor family consisting of ten people: the parents and their children. Is it obligatory for me to feed ten poor people to this family, or clothe them, considering that each member of this family is a poor person?
The Shaykh:
Yes, that is a good thing. The number of people in the household is ten, on the condition that they all eat food. If there is among them a person who does not eat food, that is not permissible. It is necessary that he eats food, even if he is small; the poor person is the one who eats food.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرجعة، وباب الإيلاء والظهار والكفارة — islamhouse.com (1:07:15)
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