The expiation for breaking/lying on an oath

shaykh ibn ʿuthaymīn ‏رحمه الله said:

the expiation for a broken oath gives a person 3 options to choose from:

1. feeding 10 of the poor

2. clothing 10 of the poor

3. freeing a slave

whoever is unable to do a single one of these, for example one who is poor, then he fasts 3 days. 

however, one who is able to either feed 10 of the poor, clothe 10 of the poor or free a slave but instead he fasts 3 days with the intention of expiating for an oath, then that is impermissible.

- fatāwā al-lajnah al-dāʾimmah 33/45

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