The ruling on doing what is better than the vowed act
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person makes a specific vow and then does something better than it, does that suffice?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
If a person makes a specific vow and then does something better than it, does that suffice? For example, if he vows to free a female slave who is a disbeliever or has a defect, but instead he frees a Muslim woman who is sound?
The Shaykh:
If he does something better than what he vowed, it suffices, if Allah wills. In fact, it is better. If he vows to give five as charity, but gives ten, that is an increase in good, and there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person makes a specific vow and then does something better than it, does that suffice?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
If a person makes a specific vow and then does something better than it, does that suffice? For example, if he vows to free a female slave who is a disbeliever or has a defect, but instead he frees a Muslim woman who is sound?
The Shaykh:
If he does something better than what he vowed, it suffices, if Allah wills. In fact, it is better. If he vows to give five as charity, but gives ten, that is an increase in good, and there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 115 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (29:34)
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