Is paying the value sufficient under a vow to give a goat in charity?

Question

Question: Zayd’s son was ill. Zayd made a vow: “If the boy gets well, we will sell the goat that I have and give its price to the madrasa.” Afterwards he intended a big goat. And the child’s grandmother (father’s mother) intended thus: “When the child gets well, I will give one goat in charity (sadaqa).” And the child’s mother made a vow: “I will give one kid of a goat in charity in the path of Allah.” Is it necessary for all three to fulfil this vow (nadhr), or else for whom?

Answer

It is incumbent on Zayd to give that very first goat in charity. It is incumbent on the child’s grandmother and mother to give one kid of a goat each in charity: [ar]لو قال: علي أن أطعم هذا المسكين شيئًا سماه ولم يعينه، فلا بد أن يعطيه الذي سماه[/ar] “If he said: ‘It is on me to feed this poor man’ — something that he named but did not specify — then he must give him what he…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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