Is it permissible to fast as an expiation for an oath (kaffarat yameen) while owning a shop, and is it sufficient to give wheat flour to the needy?
Expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) is due by feeding ten poor persons (one and a half kilograms of rice or flour for each poor person) or clothing them. Whoever cannot find [the means to do so] should fast for three days.
If a person possesses more than their essential needs and the needs of their dependents, then fasting is not sufficient for them.
If multiple oaths were made concerning one single matter, then only one expiation is required. However, if they were made concerning different actions, the majority of scholars hold that multiple expiations are required, while the Hanbalis hold that only one expiation is required. The preponderant view is that multiple expiations are required.
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