Is a vow of disobedience valid?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If a person makes a vow of disobedience, is this vow valid, or is it treated like a vow regarding what one does not own, based on the hadith, "There is no vow in disobedience, or in what a son of Adam does not own," such that no expiation is required of him?
Answer:
The questioner was in a hurry, for we have reached this point, but the scholars differed on the ruling if a person makes a vow of disobedience. In any case, by consensus, one who vows to disobey Allah does not fulfill the vow by disobeying Him. They differed on whether an oath expiation is obligatory upon him or not. There are two opinions, and the stronger opinion, and Allah knows best, is that the oath expiation is not obligatory upon him because the vow is not valid. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If a person makes a vow of disobedience, is this vow valid, or is it treated like a vow regarding what one does not own, based on the hadith, "There is no vow in disobedience, or in what a son of Adam does not own," such that no expiation is required of him?
Answer:
The questioner was in a hurry, for we have reached this point, but the scholars differed on the ruling if a person makes a vow of disobedience. In any case, by consensus, one who vows to disobey Allah does not fulfill the vow by disobeying Him. They differed on whether an oath expiation is obligatory upon him or not. There are two opinions, and the stronger opinion, and Allah knows best, is that the oath expiation is not obligatory upon him because the vow is not valid. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل ينعقد نذر المعصية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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