I told my sister's son that if I stepped on the threshold of your house, you would become my wife, not under my responsibility.
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Fatwa No. ( 2884 )
Q: One day, I argued with my sister's son in his house, and the argument ended
and I was in a state of anger, and I said to my sister's son: "If I step on the threshold of your house, you will become my wife, not under my responsibility," and I and my family left his house immediately after the oath. Now, I regret this oath that I made regarding my sister's son's house, my sister, and I have been deprived of entering the house, and I have cut off ties with my elder sister who is not to blame, and I have also been deprived of visiting her in her son's house. I hope you will provide me with a fatwa regarding the oath I made for the sake of visiting my sister and my sister's son, whom I have cut off ties with because of this oath, and I am waiting for your reply. May Allah guide you to what is good, for He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive.
A: If the situation is as you described, then maintain ties with your sister and her son; for they are among your close relatives, and Allah has prescribed maintaining family ties. So, after you enter the house of your sister's son mentioned above, you must pay the expiation for an oath, which is: feeding ten poor people five sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of wheat, dates, rice, or something similar to what you feed your family, giving each of them half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you cannot do that, then fast for three days, and it is recommended that they be consecutive; for Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:89]
And your prohibition is considered an oath. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: One day, I argued with my sister's son in his house, and the argument ended
and I was in a state of anger, and I said to my sister's son: "If I step on the threshold of your house, you will become my wife, not under my responsibility," and I and my family left his house immediately after the oath. Now, I regret this oath that I made regarding my sister's son's house, my sister, and I have been deprived of entering the house, and I have cut off ties with my elder sister who is not to blame, and I have also been deprived of visiting her in her son's house. I hope you will provide me with a fatwa regarding the oath I made for the sake of visiting my sister and my sister's son, whom I have cut off ties with because of this oath, and I am waiting for your reply. May Allah guide you to what is good, for He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive.
A: If the situation is as you described, then maintain ties with your sister and her son; for they are among your close relatives, and Allah has prescribed maintaining family ties. So, after you enter the house of your sister's son mentioned above, you must pay the expiation for an oath, which is: feeding ten poor people five sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of wheat, dates, rice, or something similar to what you feed your family, giving each of them half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you cannot do that, then fast for three days, and it is recommended that they be consecutive; for Allah the Exalted said:
Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful.
لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الأَيْمَانَ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَAnd your prohibition is considered an oath. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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