Expiation for an Oath for a Pregnant Woman
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. A listener from the Eastern Region, who indicated her name by the letters Nun, 'Ayn, Alif, and Mim, from Khobar, says that she swore an oath and wanted to fast, but her husband forbade her because she is pregnant. So, do you advise her of anything else regarding the expiation for that oath? May Allah reward you with good. Yes. She says that she owes the expiation for an oath, and she wanted to fast, but her husband forbade her because she is pregnant, and so she asks you if there is any other way out? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding the expiation for an oath. If one is able to feed, clothe, or free a slave, then fasting does not suffice for him. Does he feed ten poor people, giving each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food, or clothe ten poor people, giving each poor person a garment, or free a believing slave? If he is able to do one of these three things, then if he is unable to do any of them, he moves to fasting by fasting three days. And as long as she is pregnant, and fasting harms her fetus, or harms her herself, then she delays the fasting until the obstacle is removed, and then she fasts the expiation for the oath. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. A listener from the Eastern Region, who indicated her name by the letters Nun, 'Ayn, Alif, and Mim, from Khobar, says that she swore an oath and wanted to fast, but her husband forbade her because she is pregnant. So, do you advise her of anything else regarding the expiation for that oath? May Allah reward you with good. Yes. She says that she owes the expiation for an oath, and she wanted to fast, but her husband forbade her because she is pregnant, and so she asks you if there is any other way out? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding the expiation for an oath. If one is able to feed, clothe, or free a slave, then fasting does not suffice for him. Does he feed ten poor people, giving each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food, or clothe ten poor people, giving each poor person a garment, or free a believing slave? If he is able to do one of these three things, then if he is unable to do any of them, he moves to fasting by fasting three days. And as long as she is pregnant, and fasting harms her fetus, or harms her herself, then she delays the fasting until the obstacle is removed, and then she fasts the expiation for the oath. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4397- كفارة اليمين للحامل - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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