Oaths not to visit multiple individuals and the number of expiations
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The questioner:
If someone swears that he will not go to so-and-so, or to a specific place, and if that place is different, does each place require its own expiation? If he says, “By Allah, I will not go to such-and-such a place, or such-and-such a place, or such-and-such a place,”
The Shaykh:
If the intention is the person, it is all one oath, whether he goes to him in the house of his wife or in the house of anyone else. If the intention is that he will not go to him, whether he goes to him in Fatimah’s house or Aishah’s house or so-and-so’s house, the intention is going to him.
The questioner:
But if it is more than one person, may Allah reward you, if the oath is not to go, but the people are different, does each person require [an expiation]?
The Shaykh:
Is it one oath or not? Is there anything in the unity except the oath?
The questioner:
Each one intends to go.
The Shaykh:
Each one has an oath specific to him. However, if it is one oath with one expiation, for example, he says, “By Allah, I will not visit so-and-so,” and the expiation is for one, if he visits one of them.
The questioner:
Because the subject is one.
The Shaykh:
The point is that as long as there are multiple oaths regarding different people, such as saying, “By Allah, I will not visit so-and-so,” “I will not visit Muhammad,” “By Allah, I will not visit Khalid,” “By Allah, I will not visit Sa’id,” these are multiple oaths in a single situation.
The questioner:
It is not said that it is a non-visit, or that it was said.
The Shaykh:
No, no, each one is for its own sake.
If someone swears that he will not go to so-and-so, or to a specific place, and if that place is different, does each place require its own expiation? If he says, “By Allah, I will not go to such-and-such a place, or such-and-such a place, or such-and-such a place,”
The Shaykh:
If the intention is the person, it is all one oath, whether he goes to him in the house of his wife or in the house of anyone else. If the intention is that he will not go to him, whether he goes to him in Fatimah’s house or Aishah’s house or so-and-so’s house, the intention is going to him.
The questioner:
But if it is more than one person, may Allah reward you, if the oath is not to go, but the people are different, does each person require [an expiation]?
The Shaykh:
Is it one oath or not? Is there anything in the unity except the oath?
The questioner:
Each one intends to go.
The Shaykh:
Each one has an oath specific to him. However, if it is one oath with one expiation, for example, he says, “By Allah, I will not visit so-and-so,” and the expiation is for one, if he visits one of them.
The questioner:
Because the subject is one.
The Shaykh:
The point is that as long as there are multiple oaths regarding different people, such as saying, “By Allah, I will not visit so-and-so,” “I will not visit Muhammad,” “By Allah, I will not visit Khalid,” “By Allah, I will not visit Sa’id,” these are multiple oaths in a single situation.
The questioner:
It is not said that it is a non-visit, or that it was said.
The Shaykh:
No, no, each one is for its own sake.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (32:42)
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