Question
As a poor person, someone gave me money and said: This is the expiation of oaths. Should I spend it only on food, and should it be divided into ten meals?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is permissible to spend it on food and other things, but it must be divided among ten. You can give it to all your children today by buying something for all of them, even if it is food. If the number of the family is less than ten, you can do this on another day, and it is valid. You can also divide among your children money, for example, giving each one two dinars on the first day, and on the second day do the same until it is distributed to ten; because the poor person is considered a new poor person every day. And God knows best.