Is it valid to fast three days as an expiation for an oath, while being able to feed ten poor people?
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Fasting is not sufficient as expiation for an oath when one is able to feed the poor, clothe them, or free a slave, because Allah Almighty made fasting conditional upon the unavailability of those options, as stated in His saying: "But whoever finds none - then a fast of three days."
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