Is it permissible to swear an oath regarding one's wife while lying?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to swear an oath regarding one's wife while lying, because lying to her is for the sake of benefit?
Answer:
Lying for the sake of benefit does not require an oath. It is not permissible to swear an oath while lying.[Al-Mujadila 58:14]. It is not permissible to swear an oath while lying. But with promises and kind words, there is nothing wrong with that without an oath. Yes. I will give you this, I will buy you this, you are precious to me, and you are such-and-such. This is without an oath. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to swear an oath regarding one's wife while lying, because lying to her is for the sake of benefit?
Answer:
Lying for the sake of benefit does not require an oath. It is not permissible to swear an oath while lying.
and they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].
وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الحلف على الزوجة كذبًا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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