The ruling on contradicting another person's oath regarding paying the restaurant bill
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When my colleague and I enter a restaurant and I want to pay the bill, he swears by Allah that he is the one who will pay. He says: If I were to pay and contradict his command and his oath, does he owe an expiation?
Answer:
Yes, if he swears regarding another person, if he swears regarding another person that he will do something or not do something, and he contradicts his oath, then he owes the expiation, he owes the expiation for the oath, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When my colleague and I enter a restaurant and I want to pay the bill, he swears by Allah that he is the one who will pay. He says: If I were to pay and contradict his command and his oath, does he owe an expiation?
Answer:
Yes, if he swears regarding another person, if he swears regarding another person that he will do something or not do something, and he contradicts his oath, then he owes the expiation, he owes the expiation for the oath, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/كيد الشيطان/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:58)
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