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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A vow to hold a wedding feast for the husband before divorce

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this is a woman asking. She says: I am divorced, and before the divorce I vowed to hold a wedding feast for my husband if he graduated from his studies, and now he has graduated,

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
She says: I am divorced, and before the divorce I vowed to hold a wedding feast for my husband if he graduated from his studies, and now he has graduated. Is it obligatory for me to fulfill the vow?

The Shaykh:
He graduated after he divorced her, so she owes nothing, because he is not her husband now. She said, “If my husband graduates from his studies,” and he did not graduate until after the divorce,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7من38/شرح كتاب الألفية/الآداب/من قوله وقد قيل يكره وقيل تحية/الشيخ صالح الفوزان/مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:39)

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