Fasting is not sufficient when one is able to feed poor persons for kafaarat al-yameen
Question: 42804
I had to offer kafaarat al-yameen (expiation for breaking an oath), so I fasted for three days even though I was able to feed ten poor persons. Is what I did correct?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
It is not sufficient to fast when one is able to feed or clothe poor persons or free a slave, because Allaah stated that one should fast only if one is unable to feed or clothe poor persons or free a slave. He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He will punish you for your deliberate oaths; for its expiation (a deliberate oath) feed ten Masaakeen (poor persons), on a scale of the average of that with which you feed your own families, or clothe them or manumit a slave. But whosoever cannot afford (that), then he should fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths when you have sworn”
[al-Maa’idah 5:89]
Source:
From Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah Li’l-Ifta’, 23/13
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