The ruling on one who vowed to pray the Maghrib prayer in the Haram but did not pray it
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I vowed to pray the Maghrib prayer in the Haram, but because of the crowds, I did not pray in the Haram until the 'Isha' prayer. So, is there anything required of me? And is there an expiation required of me?
The Shaykh:
If you intended a specific Maghrib prayer and it passed you by, then you have missed praying it, so you must offer the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:196]. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh, I went out of...
The Shaykh:
Yes, read.
This questioner says: I vowed to pray the Maghrib prayer in the Haram, but because of the crowds, I did not pray in the Haram until the 'Isha' prayer. So, is there anything required of me? And is there an expiation required of me?
The Shaykh:
If you intended a specific Maghrib prayer and it passed you by, then you have missed praying it, so you must offer the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave, as Allah the Exalted said:
And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍThe questioner:
Shaykh, I went out of...
The Shaykh:
Yes, read.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نذرت أن أصلي المغرب في الحرم، ولكن لم أصل في الحرم إلا في صلاة العشاء، فهل عليَّ كفارة؟ #فتاوى — youtube.com
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