His father said to him, “If you enter this mosque, your mother is forbidden to me.”
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Fatwa number ( 14438 )
Q: I live in one of the villages of Egypt , and I was in a dispute with my father over visiting the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and seeking blessing from their graves. Knowing that I go to a specific mosque in our village where most of the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) in this village are, when I forbade him from that, he swore an oath that I would not enter this mosque. The text of his oath is: ( If you enter this mosque, your mother is forbidden to me ). I care about my brothers and do not want to destroy this family by the occurrence of what the oath is contingent upon, which is my entering the mosque. However, I want to pray behind imams who are monotheists, out of my desire for Paradise, and because I learned from your fatwa prohibiting prayer behind them—the people of the graves. If I enter this mosque, will my mother be divorced? And if it is zihar, and I say to my father, “Divorce her so I can enter the mosque,” would that be hastening a decree that Allah knows, which is the destruction of the home? If it is zihar, should I pay the expiation for my father from his wealth without his knowledge, or what should I do? Give us your ruling, elaborate in your speech, and give every point its due, then hasten to send us your message. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
A: If your father’s intention in swearing the oath of prohibition was divorce if you entered the aforementioned mosque, and then you entered it, one divorce takes effect on your mother. He may take her back as long as she is in the waiting period, provided this was not the third divorce.
If your father’s intention in swearing the oath was to prevent you from entering the aforementioned mosque and he did not intend divorce, and then you entered the mosque, no divorce takes effect. Rather, your father is obligated to pay the expiation for an oath, which is: freeing a believing slave, or feeding ten poor people or clothing them. If he finds no means to do so, he must fast for three days. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I live in one of the villages of Egypt , and I was in a dispute with my father over visiting the graves of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and seeking blessing from their graves. Knowing that I go to a specific mosque in our village where most of the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) in this village are, when I forbade him from that, he swore an oath that I would not enter this mosque. The text of his oath is: ( If you enter this mosque, your mother is forbidden to me ). I care about my brothers and do not want to destroy this family by the occurrence of what the oath is contingent upon, which is my entering the mosque. However, I want to pray behind imams who are monotheists, out of my desire for Paradise, and because I learned from your fatwa prohibiting prayer behind them—the people of the graves. If I enter this mosque, will my mother be divorced? And if it is zihar, and I say to my father, “Divorce her so I can enter the mosque,” would that be hastening a decree that Allah knows, which is the destruction of the home? If it is zihar, should I pay the expiation for my father from his wealth without his knowledge, or what should I do? Give us your ruling, elaborate in your speech, and give every point its due, then hasten to send us your message. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
A: If your father’s intention in swearing the oath of prohibition was divorce if you entered the aforementioned mosque, and then you entered it, one divorce takes effect on your mother. He may take her back as long as she is in the waiting period, provided this was not the third divorce.
If your father’s intention in swearing the oath was to prevent you from entering the aforementioned mosque and he did not intend divorce, and then you entered the mosque, no divorce takes effect. Rather, your father is obligated to pay the expiation for an oath, which is: freeing a believing slave, or feeding ten poor people or clothing them. If he finds no means to do so, he must fast for three days. 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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