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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is one expiation sufficient for multiple oaths?

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Question:
This questioner, Abu Majid, says: I have three oaths, each concerning a separate matter. My question, Shaykh, is: If I give a sack of rice weighing five kilograms or more than forty kilograms to one family, is that sufficient and does it expiate my oaths?

Answer:
If the oaths are regarding multiple matters, each oath requires its own expiation, and they do not overlap with one another. Each oath obligates feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave, at one’s choice. If he does not find the means, he must fast three days for each oath. This is if the oaths are regarding multiple matters. However, if the oaths were repeated regarding a single matter before the expiation was performed, then one expiation is sufficient for them, because they overlap in this case. Also, the people whom he feeds must number ten; they must not be fewer. If the household members number ten, there is no harm; give it to them. If they are fewer than ten, he gives them their share, and gives the remainder to other poor people until the number of ten is completed. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7646- هل تكفي كفارة واحدة عن أيمان متعددة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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