The Expiation for an Oath and a Brief Overview of the School of the People of Najd
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Question:
What is the amount of the expiation for an oath? And what is the school of the people of Najd?
Answer:
The expiation for an oath is well known, and the people of Najd do not have a school that contradicts the people. However, what they generally follow is the school of the Hanbalis. This is well known; the well-known school is the school of the Hanbalis, whose imam is Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him).
However, if the scholars of the people of Najd know that a position in Ahmad’s school has become the weaker position, they take the evidence and prioritize what is supported by evidence in matters of scholarly disagreement.
There is no disagreement regarding the matters of the expiation for an oath; Allah has clarified them in His great Book. It is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. This is the expiation for an oath according to the scholars, based on the explicit text. If one is unable to do these three things, he fasts for three days. This is the expiation for an oath. First, he feeds ten poor people, or clothes them, or frees a slave. He has a choice among these three. If he frees a slave, that suffices; if he clothes them, that suffices; if he feeds them, that suffices. He has a choice among these three. The greatest of them is freeing a slave, and it is the highest. If he does not free a slave, but clothes them with a garment, such as a shirt, and an izar and a rida for ten people, that suffices. And if he feeds them, whether he gives them dinner or breakfast, or gives them half a sa' of dates, or rice from the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms, that suffices. If he is unable, such as if he is poor and has nothing, he fasts for three consecutive days.
What is the amount of the expiation for an oath? And what is the school of the people of Najd?
Answer:
The expiation for an oath is well known, and the people of Najd do not have a school that contradicts the people. However, what they generally follow is the school of the Hanbalis. This is well known; the well-known school is the school of the Hanbalis, whose imam is Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him).
However, if the scholars of the people of Najd know that a position in Ahmad’s school has become the weaker position, they take the evidence and prioritize what is supported by evidence in matters of scholarly disagreement.
There is no disagreement regarding the matters of the expiation for an oath; Allah has clarified them in His great Book. It is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. This is the expiation for an oath according to the scholars, based on the explicit text. If one is unable to do these three things, he fasts for three days. This is the expiation for an oath. First, he feeds ten poor people, or clothes them, or frees a slave. He has a choice among these three. If he frees a slave, that suffices; if he clothes them, that suffices; if he feeds them, that suffices. He has a choice among these three. The greatest of them is freeing a slave, and it is the highest. If he does not free a slave, but clothes them with a garment, such as a shirt, and an izar and a rida for ten people, that suffices. And if he feeds them, whether he gives them dinner or breakfast, or gives them half a sa' of dates, or rice from the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms, that suffices. If he is unable, such as if he is poor and has nothing, he fasts for three consecutive days.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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