The Expiation for Breaking an Oath of Honor

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is the expiation obligatory when one breaks an oath of honor?

The Shaykh:
Does it?

The questioner:
Is the expiation obligatory when one breaks an oath of honor?

The Shaykh:
An oath of honor.

The questioner:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
Yes, the majority hold that it is obligatory. If you swear to honor a person and he refuses, and you say, “By Allah, you will sit here,” which is a form of honoring him, or “By Allah, you will come to my home,” which is a form of honoring him, and then he does not come and does not sit, the expiation is obligatory. Shaykh al-Islam says that it is not obligatory, because this honor has already been achieved; you intended to honor him, and that has happened. You have honored him, but the majority hold that the expiation is recorded, and there is no doubt that this is the safer course. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you