Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 6711

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For expiation (of one's oath) one should feed ten poor persons no matter whether they are relatives or not.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

84 - THE BOOK OF THE EXPIATION OF UNFULFILLED OATHS

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الحديث: 6711 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 145

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6711. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What is the matter with you?" He said, "I had sexual relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramaḍān." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Can you observe Saum (fast) for two successive months?" He said, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons. He said, "I have nothing." Later on an 'Araq (big basket) containing dates was presented to the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Take this basket and give it in charity." The man said, "To poorer people than us? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Al-Madīna's) two mountains who is poorer than we." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Take it and feed your family with it."

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6711 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: هَلَكْتُ، قَالَ: «وَمَا شَأْنُكَ؟» قَالَ: وَقَعْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فِي رَمَضَانَ، قَالَ: «هَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُعْتِقُ رَقَبَةً» قَالَ: لاَ، قَالَ: «فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قَالَ: لاَ، قَالَ: «فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطْعِمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» قَالَ: لاَ أَجِدُ، فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ، فَقَالَ: «خُذْ هَذَا فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» فَقَالَ: أَعَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنَّا؟ مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا أَفْقَرُ مِنَّا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «خُذْهُ فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ»

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