Compelling oneself to make vows and failing to fulfill them
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Question:
The questioner Abu 'Ammar says: Shaykh Salih, what is your view in our present time regarding some people compelling themselves to make vows? They are now unable to fulfill these vows, and we want a word from you for them, for they are listening to you, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2123Sahih (Darussalam) And he said: So the Muslim is in a state of ease; if he is able to do an act of obedience, he does it without a vow. As for the one who does not do an act of obedience except by making a vow, he is a miser, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 2123Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan Abi Dawud 3287Sahih (Al-Albani). Yes.
The questioner Abu 'Ammar says: Shaykh Salih, what is your view in our present time regarding some people compelling themselves to make vows? They are now unable to fulfill these vows, and we want a word from you for them, for they are listening to you, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Vows do not bring the son of Adam anything
إن النذر لا يأتي بخير.Do not make vows
فلا تنذرواVows do not bring the son of Adam anything
إن النذر لا يأتي بخيرit is only from the miserly that it is means by which something is extracted
وإنما يستخرج به من البخيل
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (153) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1438-02-01] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:22)
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