What is required of one who swore not to enter her sister's house?
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My sister swore not to enter her sister's house due to a dispute that occurred between the children, and now my sister is afraid of severing family ties.
Answer:
The matter is easy in this case. She must expiate her oath by feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave, meaning freeing a slave from among the slaves. She has the choice between these three things. If she is unable to do any of them, she must fast for three days, and then her oath is dissolved. And that she expiates and maintains ties with her sister is better, and it is what is obligatory upon her.
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[Al-Baqarah 2:224]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "By Allah, if Allah wills, I am Sahih al-Bukhari 4385 and I expiated for my oath." Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My sister swore not to enter her sister's house due to a dispute that occurred between the children, and now my sister is afraid of severing family ties.
Answer:
The matter is easy in this case. She must expiate her oath by feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave, meaning freeing a slave from among the slaves. She has the choice between these three things. If she is unable to do any of them, she must fast for three days, and then her oath is dissolved. And that she expiates and maintains ties with her sister is better, and it is what is obligatory upon her.
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
And do not make [your oath by] Allah an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allah and making peace among people
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَانِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَتُصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ النَّاسِfor if I take an oath and later I see a better solution than that, I act on the later
لا أحلف على يمين فأرى غيرها خيرا منها إلا أتيت الذي هو خير
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2262 - ماذا يلزم من حلفت ألا تدخل بيت أختها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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