The ruling on one who vows to fast a year: what is the expiation for that?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh : Shaykh Muhammad, peace be upon you.
The questioner : Peace be upon you. Shaykh, there is a prohibition in this. May Allah reward you with good. She vowed to fast a year, but her children were born and then died.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh Muhammad, yes. I say there is a prohibition in this. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Yesterday, yesterday, your statement was that she looked at the year, and then what?
The Shaykh : She did not fulfill it. Now her children are asking, saying: Can we help her? Is it understood that we give charity on her behalf? What is the solution?
The questioner : She must fast a year.
The Shaykh : A full year.
The questioner : Yes, a full year?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Ramadan is excluded from it, and the Day of Sacrifice and the three days following it are excluded from it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I forgot to mention the days of menstruation from it.
The Shaykh : And the rest is to be made up.
The questioner : And the rest is obligatory for her to fast.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, in intermittent days, each one.
The questioner : That is, according to her intention.
The Shaykh : According to her vow, yes. That is, her children do not come to help her and fast with her.
The questioner : No, no, it is not permissible. What about money? This is fasting, which is an act of worship.
The Shaykh : Because she vowed a year. And they say slaughtering is not a problem, but fasting is from the vow.
The questioner : She fasts, she fasts. It is she who wanted it; it is she who obligated herself to this.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Shaykh Muhammad, peace be upon you.
The questioner : Peace be upon you. Shaykh, there is a prohibition in this. May Allah reward you with good. She vowed to fast a year, but her children were born and then died.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh Muhammad, yes. I say there is a prohibition in this. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Yesterday, yesterday, your statement was that she looked at the year, and then what?
The Shaykh : She did not fulfill it. Now her children are asking, saying: Can we help her? Is it understood that we give charity on her behalf? What is the solution?
The questioner : She must fast a year.
The Shaykh : A full year.
The questioner : Yes, a full year?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Ramadan is excluded from it, and the Day of Sacrifice and the three days following it are excluded from it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I forgot to mention the days of menstruation from it.
The Shaykh : And the rest is to be made up.
The questioner : And the rest is obligatory for her to fast.
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, in intermittent days, each one.
The questioner : That is, according to her intention.
The Shaykh : According to her vow, yes. That is, her children do not come to help her and fast with her.
The questioner : No, no, it is not permissible. What about money? This is fasting, which is an act of worship.
The Shaykh : Because she vowed a year. And they say slaughtering is not a problem, but fasting is from the vow.
The questioner : She fasts, she fasts. It is she who wanted it; it is she who obligated herself to this.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Peace be upon you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2166- حكم من نذر ان يصوم سنة ما كفارة ذلك/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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