What Do I Need to Do If I Can’t Feed Ten Poor People for Multiple Broken Oaths?

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.

You will need to give an expiation for each of your oaths. In your case, if it is difficult to feed poor people, then fast for three days consecutively for each broken oath. However, space it out so it is easy for you.

1. Free a slave (not applicable in these times) or
2. Feed ten poor people (Muslim)  an average of two meals, or
3. Clothe ten poor people ( Muslim) enough clothes to cover most of their bodies.

Since feeding the poor is the most viable option today, if you choose to feed the poor, you may either provide ten people with an average of two meals or feed one person twice a day for the next ten days.

If, for some reason, one cannot feed the poor, nor can one clothe them, then one should fast for three consecutive days.

[ʿAla’uddin ‘Ibn ʿAbidin, Al-Hadiyya al-Ala’iyya]

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[Mawlana]Ilyas Patel

Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.