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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How to Feed People in the Expiation for an Oath

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The expiation for breaking an oath is feeding ten poor people. Is it permissible to feed one of them now and the rest after a week, because one may not find ten poor people all at once? And if I feed one person ten times, is that as if I fed ten poor people?
Answer: It is obligatory to seek out the ten. If you feed one person and repeat that, no, it is not sufficient. It is necessary to have ten, as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: , so
the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] familiesإِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah: 89]. It is necessary to seek out the ten, even if the days are spread out. For example, you feed this one on one day, the next on a second day, and the next on a third day. However, you must hasten to the best of your ability. If the feeding is spread out over days, there is no harm. You must strive to seek out the ten and hasten to pay the expiation. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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