The vow of fasting if one smokes
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man vowed that if he smoked, he would fast for a year. He smoked, so does he have to fast, or is the expiation sufficient for him? It is known that he tried to fast but was unable to.
Answer:
This is treated like an oath. If one makes a vow intending to restrain oneself from something or to oblige oneself to something, and the vow is for obedience but he does not intend the obedience itself, rather he intends to restrain himself or oblige himself, then this is treated like an oath, and it is resolved by an expiation, the expiation for an oath.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man vowed that if he smoked, he would fast for a year. He smoked, so does he have to fast, or is the expiation sufficient for him? It is known that he tried to fast but was unable to.
Answer:
This is treated like an oath. If one makes a vow intending to restrain oneself from something or to oblige oneself to something, and the vow is for obedience but he does not intend the obedience itself, rather he intends to restrain himself or oblige himself, then this is treated like an oath, and it is resolved by an expiation, the expiation for an oath.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 055-الصلحت - 24-8-23 هـ — archive.org (1:29:42)
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