Is the repetition of expiations like the repetition of oaths?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah forgive you, is the repetition of prohibited acts like the repetition of oaths with regard to the expiation? ... The times were far apart, meaning the intervals.
The Shaykh : What do you say? He asks, "Is the repetition of expiations like the repetition of oaths?" We say, yes. If a person swears an oath ten times regarding one single matter over the course of ten months, swearing once each month, he owes only one expiation. For example, he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house," and after a month he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house," and after another month he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house." He owes only one expiation.
The questioner : You mean different events?
The Shaykh : Events or oaths?
The questioner : Oaths, and likewise events.
The Shaykh : We have finished with events, and we have taught the brother regarding oaths: if the swearing is repeated and the matter sworn upon is repeated, he owes an expiation for each one. If the swearing is the same but the matter sworn upon is repeated, he owes one expiation. If the swearing is repeated but the matter sworn upon is the same, he owes one expiation. So when do the expiations multiply? When the oaths and the matters sworn upon are multiplied.
The Shaykh : What do you say? He asks, "Is the repetition of expiations like the repetition of oaths?" We say, yes. If a person swears an oath ten times regarding one single matter over the course of ten months, swearing once each month, he owes only one expiation. For example, he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house," and after a month he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house," and after another month he says, "By Allah, I will not enter this house." He owes only one expiation.
The questioner : You mean different events?
The Shaykh : Events or oaths?
The questioner : Oaths, and likewise events.
The Shaykh : We have finished with events, and we have taught the brother regarding oaths: if the swearing is repeated and the matter sworn upon is repeated, he owes an expiation for each one. If the swearing is the same but the matter sworn upon is repeated, he owes one expiation. If the swearing is repeated but the matter sworn upon is the same, he owes one expiation. So when do the expiations multiply? When the oaths and the matters sworn upon are multiplied.