How many expiations is he required to pay for swearing four oaths, each oath being separate?
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Question:
He says: I swore four oaths, with a period between each one. So what is the expiation for them in money? That is, what is the amount of money that must be paid?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding oaths. If they were about one single matter before the declaration of disbelief, then there is only one expiation. If they were about multiple matters, or about one matter but repeated after the declaration of disbelief, then each oath has its own independent expiation. The expiation is feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people, or slaughtering an animal, or freeing a slave. One has the choice among these three options. If he does not find any of them, then he must fast for three days. The expiation for an oath involves a choice among these three matters, and a sequence between them and fasting for three days. Yes.
He says: I swore four oaths, with a period between each one. So what is the expiation for them in money? That is, what is the amount of money that must be paid?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding oaths. If they were about one single matter before the declaration of disbelief, then there is only one expiation. If they were about multiple matters, or about one matter but repeated after the declaration of disbelief, then each oath has its own independent expiation. The expiation is feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people, or slaughtering an animal, or freeing a slave. One has the choice among these three options. If he does not find any of them, then he must fast for three days. The expiation for an oath involves a choice among these three matters, and a sequence between them and fasting for three days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كم كفارة تلزمه من حلف أربع مرات، كل يمين على حدة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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