The Expiation for an Oath Regarding Quitting Smoking and Then Returning to It
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person used to smoke, then he quit smoking and said, “Smoking is forbidden to me, like my mother and my sister,” and then he returned to it. What is the ruling on that oath, and what is its expiation?
Answer:
It is an oath. He owes the expiation for an oath. This is the meaning of the oath: he intended to refrain from smoking. He relapsed and broke the oath, so he owes the expiation for an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find the means, he fasts for three days. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person used to smoke, then he quit smoking and said, “Smoking is forbidden to me, like my mother and my sister,” and then he returned to it. What is the ruling on that oath, and what is its expiation?
Answer:
It is an oath. He owes the expiation for an oath. This is the meaning of the oath: he intended to refrain from smoking. He relapsed and broke the oath, so he owes the expiation for an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find the means, he fasts for three days. Yes.
Source
التفسير المفصل - 21-10-1432هـ — af.org.sa (1:16:46)
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