Is it correct to divide vows into absolute and conditional?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it correct to divide vows into two categories: an absolute vow and a conditional vow?
The Shaykh:
An absolute vow and a conditional vow. What is conditional is one that is tied to something, such as: "If Allah heals my sick person, I will do such and such," or "If I pass the exam, I will do such and such." This is conditional; if the condition is met, the conditioned thing that it is tied to becomes due. There is also a definitive vow, such as: "By Allah, I vow to fast" or "I vow to pray." This is definitive, and he is required to fulfill it immediately. As for the conditional one, he is required to fulfill it when the condition is met. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. And in the continuation of his question, he says: The disliked vow is the conditional vow, as if one were to say, "If I succeed, I will perform Hajj this year"?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, my brothers, I have told you how many times: do not utter statements that have not been preceded by you. I have not come across this statement or this division. If it is found in the words of the scholars, then bring it to us. But if it is an independent legal reasoning from his own mind, we do not want to introduce things that have not been preceded by us.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it correct to divide vows into two categories: an absolute vow and a conditional vow?
The Shaykh:
An absolute vow and a conditional vow. What is conditional is one that is tied to something, such as: "If Allah heals my sick person, I will do such and such," or "If I pass the exam, I will do such and such." This is conditional; if the condition is met, the conditioned thing that it is tied to becomes due. There is also a definitive vow, such as: "By Allah, I vow to fast" or "I vow to pray." This is definitive, and he is required to fulfill it immediately. As for the conditional one, he is required to fulfill it when the condition is met. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. And in the continuation of his question, he says: The disliked vow is the conditional vow, as if one were to say, "If I succeed, I will perform Hajj this year"?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, my brothers, I have told you how many times: do not utter statements that have not been preceded by you. I have not come across this statement or this division. If it is found in the words of the scholars, then bring it to us. But if it is an independent legal reasoning from his own mind, we do not want to introduce things that have not been preceded by us.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يصح تقسيم النذر إلى مطلق ومعلق؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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