ANSWER: It does not have to be cooked. If these charity organizations are trustworthy, giving to them is permissible, in Sha Allah as long as they will give it to 10 poor Muslims.  Also, it does not have to be all in one go. You can separate them.

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ANSWER: Feeding ten poor persons with the average kind of food that he feeds his family, by giving each person half a saa’ of the usual local staple, such as rice etc. This is equivalent to approximately one-and-a-half kilograms. If rice is usually eaten with some kind of sauce then along with the rice he […]

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ANSWER: As an expiation for breaking an oath she should have fed 10 poor people or clothed them, if she was financially unable to do that, she should fast three days. 

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