Ruling on Giving the Expiation for an Oath to a Family of More Than Ten Members
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Question:
The expiation for an oath is feeding ten poor people, or fasting for three days, or freeing a slave. Is it permissible for me to give out fifteen kilograms of wheat to a man and his dependents, whose number exceeds ten poor people?
Answer:
Yes, the expiation for an oath is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. One who is unable to do so fasts for three days. One is not given the choice of fasting; fasting is only permissible when one is unable to feed, clothe, or free a slave. So if one is unable to do all three—feeding, clothing, and freeing a slave—then it is permissible for him to resort to fasting for three days at that time.
As for when one is able to feed, clothe, or free a slave, he is obligated to do one of the three, and it is not permissible for him to fast, nor does fasting suffice for him.
And if there are ten or more poor people in the house, and you give them the expiation, that is sufficient; because the objective is to give it to ten people. So if there is a man and his children in the house who number ten, and they are all poor, then giving the expiation to them is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The expiation for an oath is feeding ten poor people, or fasting for three days, or freeing a slave. Is it permissible for me to give out fifteen kilograms of wheat to a man and his dependents, whose number exceeds ten poor people?
Answer:
Yes, the expiation for an oath is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. One who is unable to do so fasts for three days. One is not given the choice of fasting; fasting is only permissible when one is unable to feed, clothe, or free a slave. So if one is unable to do all three—feeding, clothing, and freeing a slave—then it is permissible for him to resort to fasting for three days at that time.
As for when one is able to feed, clothe, or free a slave, he is obligated to do one of the three, and it is not permissible for him to fast, nor does fasting suffice for him.
And if there are ten or more poor people in the house, and you give them the expiation, that is sufficient; because the objective is to give it to ten people. So if there is a man and his children in the house who number ten, and they are all poor, then giving the expiation to them is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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