What is required of one who vows to fast every Monday and Thursday, then becomes unable to do so?
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person vowed to fast every Monday and Thursday, then became unable to do so. Is the expiation paid once, or is it paid for every Monday and Thursday? He vowed to fast Mondays and Thursdays until when? To fast every Monday and Thursday means for his entire life. If he said for his entire life, "I will fast Mondays and Thursdays for my whole life," then it is obligatory upon him
Answer:
to pay an expiation for every Monday and Thursday he did not fast. However, if he did not specify his entire life, then if he becomes unable, it is dropped from him; the vow ends when he becomes unable to fulfill it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3812Sahih (Darussalam). Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person vowed to fast every Monday and Thursday, then became unable to do so. Is the expiation paid once, or is it paid for every Monday and Thursday? He vowed to fast Mondays and Thursdays until when? To fast every Monday and Thursday means for his entire life. If he said for his entire life, "I will fast Mondays and Thursdays for my whole life," then it is obligatory upon him
Answer:
to pay an expiation for every Monday and Thursday he did not fast. However, if he did not specify his entire life, then if he becomes unable, it is dropped from him; the vow ends when he becomes unable to fulfill it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is no vow to commit an act of disobedience, and no vow concerning that which the son of Adam does not possess.
لا نذر في معصية الله ولا فيما لا يملكه ابن آدم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [729 -2802] ما يلزم من نذر أن يصوم كل اثنين وخميس ثم عجز عن ذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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