The Ruling on Spending on Mujahidin as Atonement for an Oath

Question :

I atoned for an oath by paying 100 Riyals into the account for helping the Afghan Mujahidin. Is this sufficient instead of feeding ten poor persons. Deliver a legal verdict for us, may Allah reward you with goodness.

Answer:

It is not sufficient to pay the above-mentioned amount as atonement for an oath. This contradicts the evidence in the Words of Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful:
"Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He will punish you for your deliberate oaths; for its expiation (a deliberate oath) feed ten Masäkin (poor persons), on a scale of the average of that with which you feed your own families, or clothe them or manumit a slave. But whosoever cannot afford (that), then he should fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths when you have sworn."

And Allah is the Granter of success.

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