The Ruling on Swearing an Oath to One’s Wife Regarding the Shisha
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The questioner:
They are recording, my lord, they are recording, they are recording, they are writing it down, may Allah grant you success. You were asked, may Allah preserve you, last night about the statement: “It is haram (forbidden) for my wife if she smokes the shisha.” Then she smoked it, and you said, may Allah preserve you: She should not smoke it, and he owes the expiation for his oath.
The Shaykh:
She should not smoke it in the future, but he owes the expiation for an oath because of the smoking that has already occurred, because he broke his oath. He owes the expiation for an oath. As for the future, she will not smoke it. She repents to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
Correct, that is how it is.
The Shaykh:
Recite the surahs.
The presenter:
You were, may Allah preserve you, in a question last night. The questioner says: “It is haram (forbidden) for my wife if she smokes the shisha.” So you said: She should not smoke it, and he owes a reduction?
The Shaykh:
She should not smoke it, meaning in the future. Yes.
The presenter:
And he owes the expiation for his oath.
The Shaykh:
For the past, for the past smoking. Yes.
The presenter:
Is not the statement “It is haram (forbidden) for me” considered zihar, such that he would owe the expiation for zihar?
The Shaykh:
No, this falls under the category of swearing an oath; it is not from the category of zihar. He did not intend zihar; he intended an oath, which is abstention. So its ruling is the ruling of an oath, because he intended with it what is intended by an oath, so its ruling is the ruling of an oath. Yes.
They are recording, my lord, they are recording, they are recording, they are writing it down, may Allah grant you success. You were asked, may Allah preserve you, last night about the statement: “It is haram (forbidden) for my wife if she smokes the shisha.” Then she smoked it, and you said, may Allah preserve you: She should not smoke it, and he owes the expiation for his oath.
The Shaykh:
She should not smoke it in the future, but he owes the expiation for an oath because of the smoking that has already occurred, because he broke his oath. He owes the expiation for an oath. As for the future, she will not smoke it. She repents to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
Correct, that is how it is.
The Shaykh:
Recite the surahs.
The presenter:
You were, may Allah preserve you, in a question last night. The questioner says: “It is haram (forbidden) for my wife if she smokes the shisha.” So you said: She should not smoke it, and he owes a reduction?
The Shaykh:
She should not smoke it, meaning in the future. Yes.
The presenter:
And he owes the expiation for his oath.
The Shaykh:
For the past, for the past smoking. Yes.
The presenter:
Is not the statement “It is haram (forbidden) for me” considered zihar, such that he would owe the expiation for zihar?
The Shaykh:
No, this falls under the category of swearing an oath; it is not from the category of zihar. He did not intend zihar; he intended an oath, which is abstention. So its ruling is the ruling of an oath, because he intended with it what is intended by an oath, so its ruling is the ruling of an oath. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4 — youtube.com (17:45)
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