Is it obligatory to re-distribute the three expiations that were paid in cash and given to ten needy persons as an atonement for an oath, without specifying whether they were for feeding or clothing?
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Paying the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-) in cash is not permissible according to the majority of scholars (Malikis, Shafi'is, and Hanbalis), but it is permissible according to the Hanafis. The evidence for the majority is the saying of Allah the Almighty: (feeding ten poor persons from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them). This is clear regarding the actual food and clothing. What is obligatory in the expiation of an oath is half a Sa' of the staple food of the country, or clothing them with attire sufficient for prayer.
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