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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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It is prescribed for everyone who swears by other than Allah to seek Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever swears by al-Lat and al-'Uzza, let him say "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah)من حلف باللات والعزى فليقل لا إله إلا الله
Sunan al-Bayhaqi 1:623
Is the command in this hadith obligatory? And is it prescribed for everyone who swears by other than Allah, such as by trust or honor, to say "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah)?

Answer:
Yes, it is prescribed for everyone who swears by other than Allah to seek Allah's forgiveness, repent to Him, and say "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), because swearing by other than Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and "La ilaha illa Allah" purifies one from this shirk; because it is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and tawhid erases shirk, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5011- يشرع لكل من حلف بغير الله أن يستغفر الله ويتوب إليه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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