If one swears not to speak, then recites or glorifies Allah, does he break his oath or not?

The questioner : Among these cases is if one swears not to speak, then recites or glorifies Allah; does he break his oath or not? The well-known view is that he does not break it, and Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) held back from ruling in one narration.

The Shaykh : You take Ahmad’s view. And it goes up, okay, let’s put it in. Yes.

The questioner : And Ahmad held back from ruling in it in his narration. And among these cases is if one swears by his knowledge of his employee, or he considered it.

The Shaykh : This is very important. If one swears not to speak, swears not to speak, then he glorifies Allah, remembers Allah, and recites the Qur’an, is he considered to have spoken? The school’s position is no, but Ahmad held back in some narrations. The truth is that a distinction should be made here. If the one who swore meant by “I will not speak” that he will not utter anything, then glorification is included in that. But if he meant that he will not speak the customary speech, then customary speech is speaking with people, speaking with people. So if someone asks: On what basis is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or the hadith of Mu’awiyah understood, where we were commanded not to connect one prayer to another until we go out or speak? Does this include glorification? Do we say that if a man prays the obligatory prayer and glorifies and praises Allah, he may then perform a voluntary prayer, or must he speak with people?
This depends on the scholarly disagreement. If we say that “speech” applies to glorification and remembrance, we say this man spoke. If we say it does not, we say this man did not speak. The apparent view is that the distinction or separation between the obligatory prayer and its voluntary prayer is achieved by glorification and the like, because this glorification indicates exiting the prayer and distinguishes between the first prayer and the second prayer. Even though speaking with people is clearer and more explicit, the distinction is achieved by it. And what indicates that speech includes even glorification is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mu’awiyah ibn al-Hakam , meaning speaking with him. This indicates that the term “speech” applies even to , for it is speech. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) only prohibited speaking with people, which indicates that there is other speech besides speaking with people, namely the takbir, glorification, and recitation of the Qur’an. Yes.