The Ruling on Frequent Swearing by Allah and the Phrases of Oath
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. From the Arab Republic of Egypt. He says: Honorable Shaykh, there is a prevalence among many individuals of frequent swearing by Allah, especially with the following phrases. Some of them swear by saying, "Three times, such and such happened," or "By the Great Allah, three times, such and such happened." What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding these phrases? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding the one who repeats these phrases in all his words and actions, his buying and selling?
Answer:
Yes. These phrases constitute an oath if he intends it by Allah, or "By Allah," or "As Allah." These are the phrases of oath. If he uses them, and if he intended the oath, it is established. If he did not intend the oath with them, but they merely slipped from his tongue, they are from the idle oaths. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Baqarah 2:225] This is what establishes the intention of the oath. If he swears and he is lying, then upon him is the sin of the liars. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, described the hypocrites as being [Al-Mujadila 58:14], and He described them as multiplying their oaths, because they do not respect the oath, and because they feel that people do not believe them, so they multiply their oaths.
Due to their bad opinion of people. This is what establishes the oath, and this is where there is an expiation or a sin, and what is not, which is the idle oath; there is no expiation or sin in it.[Al-Baqarah 2:225] As for what is established and intended, if it is about a past matter and he is lying, it is the "ghumus" (the oath that plunges into sin). If it is about a past matter and he did not rely on lying, but rather built it on his predominant assumption, and it turned out to be otherwise, then there is no sin upon him, and it is also from the idle oaths. And if it is about a future possible matter, and he contradicts it, then the expiation becomes obligatory for it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. From the Arab Republic of Egypt. He says: Honorable Shaykh, there is a prevalence among many individuals of frequent swearing by Allah, especially with the following phrases. Some of them swear by saying, "Three times, such and such happened," or "By the Great Allah, three times, such and such happened." What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding these phrases? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding the one who repeats these phrases in all his words and actions, his buying and selling?
Answer:
Yes. These phrases constitute an oath if he intends it by Allah, or "By Allah," or "As Allah." These are the phrases of oath. If he uses them, and if he intended the oath, it is established. If he did not intend the oath with them, but they merely slipped from his tongue, they are from the idle oaths. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْand they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].
وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَDue to their bad opinion of people. This is what establishes the oath, and this is where there is an expiation or a sin, and what is not, which is the idle oath; there is no expiation or sin in it.
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
Source
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