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Vows and Oaths

Answered as per Shafi'i Fiqh by Darul Iftaa Jordan
Is it permissible to pay the expiation of an oath to a charitable party as it feeds the poor and needy such as Tkiyet Um Ali?

Answer:

There is no harm on authorizing someone to handle the expiation of another to the poor and needy, since Shafiee's jurists stated that authorizing someone for the purpose of distributing Zakah, expiation and vow is permissible as stated in [Mughni Al-Muhtaj vol. 3 pp. 237]. At last, the intention of the person who intends to authorize someone else suffices in this regard. And Allah knows best.

This answer was collected from the official government Iftaa Department of Jordan.

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