Do gifts and donations expiate sins?

Question:
From the questions of the questioner, Haila al-Murshid, from al-Qasim, she says: O His Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, do gifts and donations to the poor, the needy, relatives, and friends expiate sins?

Answer:
Charity extinguishes the sin, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The reward of charity is great and its wage is large, and it is among the means of expiating sins and removing evil deeds.
As for gifts, there is a distinction. If one gives a gift to a relative to maintain family ties, this is among the means of expiating evil deeds, for maintaining family ties is a righteous deed. But if one gives it for something else, such as for social courtesy or to seek a reward, then he did not intend a righteous deed with it.
If one gives it to a relative or to his kin, or to a poor person, it is called charity, and to a relative it is called maintaining a tie, a family tie for which he is rewarded. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you.