Oath of divorce not to take money from his mother, but she insisted he take from her, so he did; what is the ruling?
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you. And upon you peace, raise your voice, Abu 'Abdullah, please. May Allah do you good, you and the Shaykh. May Allah keep you safe, please. Shaykh, may you live long, I have my mother. She came and said to me, buy me a car, and I went to buy her a car. Her affairs are good and her situation is good, and my situation is good and my affairs are good, and I wanted to buy her the car from my own money, so she said the car, and I said, okay, the car, and I swore to her with a divorce that she would not pay a single riyal in it. Oh my son, oh my son, and he repeated the oath a second time. The point is, Shaykh, she had an old car and sold it, and... when I bought the car, I paid the money to the agency and the car came out. My mother came to me and sat crying and saying, please, just to make me happy, the least thing is to take the money of my old car and add to it. No, I mean, I am not in need of anything, no, no. So in truth, I sympathized with my son, I mean, I do not want to see her cry or beg me. On the contrary, the favor and grace are from Allah, Lord of the Worlds, then to my mother. I was happy and appreciated her situation, so I took her money and added to it and bought the new car. So what is my situation? Is it an expiation for an oath, or do I pay her all the money, or what is your opinion? Okay, thank you. Thank you.
The Shaykh:
You say that you bought her a second car, different from the first one, from your money, right? Let him clarify.
The presenter:
Yes, Shaykh, the line was cut, please.
The Shaykh:
I say that if he bought her a car from her money and added to it, meaning he sold the old car that the mother owned and added to it and bought her a new car, and she was satisfied with that, then praise be to Allah, the problem is resolved. The car that the divorce is attached to does not return to him; it returns to her or belongs to the mother. Yes.
The questioner:
And if, Honorable Shaykh, she means out of compassion for him, she does not want to take anything from his money or for him to buy for her from his money.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the answer is what I mentioned, but if there is a divorce as he says, the divorce is referred to the court with the judge, or to the Department of Islamic Affairs and Scholarly Research in Riyadh? Yes.
Peace be upon you. And upon you peace, raise your voice, Abu 'Abdullah, please. May Allah do you good, you and the Shaykh. May Allah keep you safe, please. Shaykh, may you live long, I have my mother. She came and said to me, buy me a car, and I went to buy her a car. Her affairs are good and her situation is good, and my situation is good and my affairs are good, and I wanted to buy her the car from my own money, so she said the car, and I said, okay, the car, and I swore to her with a divorce that she would not pay a single riyal in it. Oh my son, oh my son, and he repeated the oath a second time. The point is, Shaykh, she had an old car and sold it, and... when I bought the car, I paid the money to the agency and the car came out. My mother came to me and sat crying and saying, please, just to make me happy, the least thing is to take the money of my old car and add to it. No, I mean, I am not in need of anything, no, no. So in truth, I sympathized with my son, I mean, I do not want to see her cry or beg me. On the contrary, the favor and grace are from Allah, Lord of the Worlds, then to my mother. I was happy and appreciated her situation, so I took her money and added to it and bought the new car. So what is my situation? Is it an expiation for an oath, or do I pay her all the money, or what is your opinion? Okay, thank you. Thank you.
The Shaykh:
You say that you bought her a second car, different from the first one, from your money, right? Let him clarify.
The presenter:
Yes, Shaykh, the line was cut, please.
The Shaykh:
I say that if he bought her a car from her money and added to it, meaning he sold the old car that the mother owned and added to it and bought her a new car, and she was satisfied with that, then praise be to Allah, the problem is resolved. The car that the divorce is attached to does not return to him; it returns to her or belongs to the mother. Yes.
The questioner:
And if, Honorable Shaykh, she means out of compassion for him, she does not want to take anything from his money or for him to buy for her from his money.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the answer is what I mentioned, but if there is a divorce as he says, the divorce is referred to the court with the judge, or to the Department of Islamic Affairs and Scholarly Research in Riyadh? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حلف بالطلاق ألا يأخذ مالا من أمه فألحّت عليه أن يأخذ منها فأخذ، فما الحكم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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