The ruling on a vow of fasting when returning to a sin
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am a person who committed a sin, so I made a vow to Allah that I would not return to it, and if I did return, I would fast seven days. But I do not know if I said “seven days each time” or if I said “seven days” in general, meaning that if I returned to the sin and then returned to it more than once, but I only fasted seven days. I do not know if what I did is correct or not?
Answer:
This vow is treated like an oath because its intention is to prohibit the act, and it is treated like an oath in that it requires the expiation for an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you cannot find the means to do so, then you fast three days. This is a vow that is treated like an oath, and it requires an expiation, but you are not required to fast.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am a person who committed a sin, so I made a vow to Allah that I would not return to it, and if I did return, I would fast seven days. But I do not know if I said “seven days each time” or if I said “seven days” in general, meaning that if I returned to the sin and then returned to it more than once, but I only fasted seven days. I do not know if what I did is correct or not?
Answer:
This vow is treated like an oath because its intention is to prohibit the act, and it is treated like an oath in that it requires the expiation for an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you cannot find the means to do so, then you fast three days. This is a vow that is treated like an oath, and it requires an expiation, but you are not required to fast.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من نذر أن يصوم لو فعل شيئًا معينًا، ففعله؟ هل يلزمه الصيام في كل مرَّة يفعل فيها هذا الفعل... — youtube.com
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