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Must I give charity for the value of the days I fasted as an expiation for an oath, after learning that fasting is the last of the expiations and that giving money is the preferred option?

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The expiation for an oath follows the order mentioned in Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 89: feeding ten needy persons from the average of what one feeds one's own family, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If one cannot find any of these, then one must fast for three days. It is not permissible to move to fasting while being able to feed, clothe, or free a slave. If one who is able to feed, clothes, or free a slave fasts, their fast will be considered a supererogatory act and will not suffice as expiation; they must then perform the original expiation. Furthermore, it is not permissible to give money as expiation for an oath, according to the majority of scholars; rather, it must be in the form of food or clothing.

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