The Meaning of the Hadith: A Vow Does Not Bring Good
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. A questioner from Egypt, residing in Riyadh, says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. These questions are directed to you. In the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is stated that a vow does not bring good. He asks: So what should we say so that if a person does not do what he intended, it does not become a sin?
Answer:
A person does not make a vow, he does not make a vow, because a vow does not bring good. He has to do good without a vow. The one who does not do good except by making a vow is lazy, or he has no desire for good. So the Muslim does good without a vow. But if he makes a vow, and the vow is a vow of obedience, it is obligatory for him to fulfill it. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 6696. And the vow is not what causes the intended result to occur. All right.
So this intended result is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The vow is only a commitment that you made and bound yourself to. So you must fulfill it if it is a vow of obedience, because it has no role in the occurrence or non-occurrence of the intended result, because that is in the hand of Allah. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the vowSahih Muslim 1639c, meaning the one who does not do good except by a vow is stingy. And it is what he should do, which is to do good without a vow. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. A questioner from Egypt, residing in Riyadh, says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. These questions are directed to you. In the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it is stated that a vow does not bring good. He asks: So what should we say so that if a person does not do what he intended, it does not become a sin?
Answer:
A person does not make a vow, he does not make a vow, because a vow does not bring good. He has to do good without a vow. The one who does not do good except by making a vow is lazy, or he has no desire for good. So the Muslim does good without a vow. But if he makes a vow, and the vow is a vow of obedience, it is obligatory for him to fulfill it. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever vows that he will be obedient to Allah, should remain obedient to Him
مَنْ نَذَرَ أَنْ يُطِيعَ اللَّهَ فَلْيُطِعْهُSo this intended result is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The vow is only a commitment that you made and bound yourself to. So you must fulfill it if it is a vow of obedience, because it has no role in the occurrence or non-occurrence of the intended result, because that is in the hand of Allah. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the vow
It does not (necessarily) bring good (in the form of substantial, and tangible results), but it is the meant whereby something is extracted from the miserly persons.
لا يأتي بخير، وإنما يستخرج به من البخيل،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6062- معنى حديث: النذر لا يأتي بخير - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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