A vow to commit a sin and its expiation
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The questioner:
He says: Your Eminence.
The Shaykh:
The verse of causes. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I was afflicted with one of the sins, so I vowed to Allah
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I was afflicted with one of the sins, so I vowed to Allah that if I committed it, I would give charity. Is it permissible for me to pay the expiation for an oath? And if that is permissible, do I have to pay the expiation every time I commit it, or is one expiation sufficient?
The Shaykh:
This is not what is intended by the act of worship. The intention behind it is prevention; you intend to prevent yourself from the sin, but you fell into it. This is like an oath, where the expiation for an oath becomes obligatory upon you. The expiation for an oath becomes obligatory upon you because your intention was prevention, not a vow. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The oath is dissolved when you pay the expiation for it the first time. It is dissolved, that is all. Yes.
He says: Your Eminence.
The Shaykh:
The verse of causes. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I was afflicted with one of the sins, so I vowed to Allah
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I was afflicted with one of the sins, so I vowed to Allah that if I committed it, I would give charity. Is it permissible for me to pay the expiation for an oath? And if that is permissible, do I have to pay the expiation every time I commit it, or is one expiation sufficient?
The Shaykh:
This is not what is intended by the act of worship. The intention behind it is prevention; you intend to prevent yourself from the sin, but you fell into it. This is like an oath, where the expiation for an oath becomes obligatory upon you. The expiation for an oath becomes obligatory upon you because your intention was prevention, not a vow. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The oath is dissolved when you pay the expiation for it the first time. It is dissolved, that is all. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 115 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (41:56)
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