The ruling on breaking a pledge by smoking
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Question:
The questioner says: A man pledged to Allah in the presence of another man to quit smoking for several months, and the smoker broke the pledge and smoked. What is the ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He must do two things. The first is repentance to Allah the Exalted, because smoking is forbidden, and the one who smokes is a sinner, so he must repent from it even if he had not sworn an oath. The second is that since he swore an oath and then returned to it, he must pay the expiation for the oath, along with repentance. The expiation for an oath is freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people. If he is unable to do any of that, he must fast for three days. Yes.
The questioner says: A man pledged to Allah in the presence of another man to quit smoking for several months, and the smoker broke the pledge and smoked. What is the ruling in this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He must do two things. The first is repentance to Allah the Exalted, because smoking is forbidden, and the one who smokes is a sinner, so he must repent from it even if he had not sworn an oath. The second is that since he swore an oath and then returned to it, he must pay the expiation for the oath, along with repentance. The expiation for an oath is freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people. If he is unable to do any of that, he must fast for three days. Yes.
Source
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