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Is it permissible for a fasting person who has a debt of stealing to fast three days as an expiation for an oath instead of feeding ten poor people?

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The current debt takes precedence over the expiation for an oath. Fasting is sufficient for expiation. There is no difference between a debt resulting from a permissible transaction and a debt from an unlawful right, such as theft, for both are rights of the created being that must be fulfilled.

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