The Proliferation of Oaths to Abandon Sins and the Expiations for Oaths
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man frequently swears oaths to abandon sins, but he returns to the sin again, so he has many oaths upon him. He asks: What is your guidance for him, and does he owe expiations for these oaths?
Answer:
Yes. He owes expiations for them. Why does he swear? Why does he swear? Who told him to swear? He should repent to Allah and that is enough, without swearing. If he returns to the sin, he repents a second time and does not despair of the mercy of Allah. Every time he returns to the sin, he repents. Allah is Near, Responsive, the Acceptor of Repentance, the Merciful (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man frequently swears oaths to abandon sins, but he returns to the sin again, so he has many oaths upon him. He asks: What is your guidance for him, and does he owe expiations for these oaths?
Answer:
Yes. He owes expiations for them. Why does he swear? Why does he swear? Who told him to swear? He should repent to Allah and that is enough, without swearing. If he returns to the sin, he repents a second time and does not despair of the mercy of Allah. Every time he returns to the sin, he repents. Allah is Near, Responsive, the Acceptor of Repentance, the Merciful (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:10:12)
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