The ruling on paying the expiation for an oath in money
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Question:
Is it permissible to pay the expiation for an oath in money, or is it not?
Answer:
All the expiations that Allah has prescribed and explained in His great Book—the expiation for zihar, the expiation for an oath, and the expiation for intercourse during Ramadan—are all food; none of them are money. Money is only in the expiation for intercourse during menstruation, specifically if he has intercourse during menstruation or post-natal bleeding. In that case, he owes a monetary expiation: half a dinar, half a dinar of gold. If a man has intercourse with his wife during menstruation, along with repentance to Allah and returning to Him, the Exalted, he must spend half a dinar, or two shares out of seven of the Saudi riyal, or half a dinar, two shares out of seven of the Saudi riyal. It is obligatory for the one who has intercourse during menstruation or post-natal bleeding, along with repentance. As for the expiation for an oath, the expiation for zihar, and the expiation for intercourse in Ramadan, it is food, not money. For zihar, it is feeding sixty poor people. For Ramadan, it is for the one who is unable to fast. And for the expiation of an oath, it is feeding sixty poor people and clothing them. One does not pay money for these; no money.
Is it permissible to pay the expiation for an oath in money, or is it not?
Answer:
All the expiations that Allah has prescribed and explained in His great Book—the expiation for zihar, the expiation for an oath, and the expiation for intercourse during Ramadan—are all food; none of them are money. Money is only in the expiation for intercourse during menstruation, specifically if he has intercourse during menstruation or post-natal bleeding. In that case, he owes a monetary expiation: half a dinar, half a dinar of gold. If a man has intercourse with his wife during menstruation, along with repentance to Allah and returning to Him, the Exalted, he must spend half a dinar, or two shares out of seven of the Saudi riyal, or half a dinar, two shares out of seven of the Saudi riyal. It is obligatory for the one who has intercourse during menstruation or post-natal bleeding, along with repentance. As for the expiation for an oath, the expiation for zihar, and the expiation for intercourse in Ramadan, it is food, not money. For zihar, it is feeding sixty poor people. For Ramadan, it is for the one who is unable to fast. And for the expiation of an oath, it is feeding sixty poor people and clothing them. One does not pay money for these; no money.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 387 حكم من عليه دين لم يجد صاحبه للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com (1:14)
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