A vow to slaughter and doubt regarding the number
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Fatwa number ( 17258 )
Q: I inform you that I am a young man aged 25 years, and I have an issue regarding which I ask your eminence to clarify how to fulfill this matter. It is that I made a vow, and I do not remember exactly what I said, except that I recall saying: If I quit smoking, I will slaughter 25 sacrificial animals, or 15 sacrificial animals, or 45 sacrificial animals. I do not remember the specific number exactly, and I do not know whether I said: "By Allah, if I quit smoking, I will slaughter so much and so much," or I said: "For the sake of Allah, I will slaughter so much and so much," as mentioned above. The important thing is that I asked many shaykhs, but I did not obtain a solution. This is what I hope from
Allah, and then from your eminence, to guide me to the truth so that I may fulfill the vow that I imposed upon myself. I also ask Allah to grant you success in what He loves and is pleased with.
A: You must fulfill your vow, thanking Allah the Exalted for what He has bestowed upon you by leaving this evil. As for your doubt regarding the difference in the number, you must act according to your predominant opinion of the number mentioned. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I inform you that I am a young man aged 25 years, and I have an issue regarding which I ask your eminence to clarify how to fulfill this matter. It is that I made a vow, and I do not remember exactly what I said, except that I recall saying: If I quit smoking, I will slaughter 25 sacrificial animals, or 15 sacrificial animals, or 45 sacrificial animals. I do not remember the specific number exactly, and I do not know whether I said: "By Allah, if I quit smoking, I will slaughter so much and so much," or I said: "For the sake of Allah, I will slaughter so much and so much," as mentioned above. The important thing is that I asked many shaykhs, but I did not obtain a solution. This is what I hope from
Allah, and then from your eminence, to guide me to the truth so that I may fulfill the vow that I imposed upon myself. I also ask Allah to grant you success in what He loves and is pleased with.
A: You must fulfill your vow, thanking Allah the Exalted for what He has bestowed upon you by leaving this evil. As for your doubt regarding the difference in the number, you must act according to your predominant opinion of the number mentioned. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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