Expiation (kaffara) for an oath

Question

Question: A man consumes (lit. “eats”) tobacco and is very addicted to it. Then he came to loathe it, gave it up and swore that he would now never consume it; after a few days he consumed it. What should this man now do?

Answer

Expiation (kaffara) is binding (lazim) on him, and it is this: to feed ten poor, hungry people to their fill twice, morning and evening, or to give clothing to ten poor people. If he is not able to do either of these two, then he should keep three fasts consecutively, without interruption, not missing a day in between; if he misses a day in between, he will have to keep the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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