ANSWER: If you made a vow to pay 30% of your income in means of charity, you can’t give any of it to your parents, your wife or your children.  But if you did not make a vow or utter it, rather this was just an intention between you and yourself, you can give your […]

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ANSWER: Oaths that must be expiated are oaths over things in the future such as wallahi I will do this or I won’t do that. Oaths over things in the past don’t require expiation. If a person lied on purpose, this is sinful and known as “dipping” oath that dips the person in hell. 

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ANSWER: If you are paying 3 kaffarah by feeding 10 poor people 3 times, you can feed the same 10 people, one kaffarah at a time without a problem  What is not permissible is to feed a person more than once per kaffarah.

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ANSWER: If you don’t have the money to feed or clothe 10 poor Muslims per oath, you must fast 3 days for each broken oath. You must not delay it till every month! You must also not give it to any organization as they must feed only poor Muslims. If you are not certain of […]

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