Expiation for swearing an oath regarding a person who did not comply
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I swore twice to a certain person to come with me so I could reconcile him with another person, but he did not come. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
What did you swear to?
The questioner:
I swore twice to a certain person to come with me so I could reconcile him with another person.
The Shaykh:
To reconcile between them, and he did not comply. This is a violation of the oath, so he owes an expiation. If the person upon whom the oath was sworn violates the oath, the one who swore is required to pay the expiation. He pays one expiation because the two oaths were for the same thing.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I swore twice to a certain person to come with me so I could reconcile him with another person, but he did not come. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
What did you swear to?
The questioner:
I swore twice to a certain person to come with me so I could reconcile him with another person.
The Shaykh:
To reconcile between them, and he did not comply. This is a violation of the oath, so he owes an expiation. If the person upon whom the oath was sworn violates the oath, the one who swore is required to pay the expiation. He pays one expiation because the two oaths were for the same thing.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/71 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (10:53)
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