Oath by the phrase "for your life" and its slipping off the tongue
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that "for your life" is an oath,
The Shaykh:
"for your life."
The questioner:
"For your life" is an oath.
The Shaykh:
It contains the lam of oath, yes.
The questioner:
And we find this in some poetic verses, so is it major shirk?
The Shaykh:
It slips off the tongue; it has become something that slips off the tongue without the intention of swearing an oath. If the phrase of the oath slips off the tongue and one does not intend to swear, it is not an oath, just as the slip of the tongue in an oath is, such as "no, by Allah" or "yes, by Allah." If one says it without intention, it becomes a slip of the tongue in an oath[Al-Baqarah 2:225]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that "for your life" is an oath,
The Shaykh:
"for your life."
The questioner:
"For your life" is an oath.
The Shaykh:
It contains the lam of oath, yes.
The questioner:
And we find this in some poetic verses, so is it major shirk?
The Shaykh:
It slips off the tongue; it has become something that slips off the tongue without the intention of swearing an oath. If the phrase of the oath slips off the tongue and one does not intend to swear, it is not an oath, just as the slip of the tongue in an oath is, such as "no, by Allah" or "yes, by Allah." If one says it without intention, it becomes a slip of the tongue in an oath
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
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إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 22-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (49:48)
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