Fulfilling a vow to abandon a sin
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, I made a vow upon myself that if I return to committing a specific sin, I would fast for two consecutive months. I fell into this sin again. How do I fulfill this vow, knowing that I made the vow to make things harder for myself?
Answer:
You must fulfill it,Sunan an-Nasa'i 3806Sahih (Darussalam). If you did what you vowed to leave, its ruling is the ruling of an oath; you are required to fulfill it. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, I made a vow upon myself that if I return to committing a specific sin, I would fast for two consecutive months. I fell into this sin again. How do I fulfill this vow, knowing that I made the vow to make things harder for myself?
Answer:
You must fulfill it,
Whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him, and whoever vows to disobey Allah, let him not disobey Him.
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعه، من نذر أن يعصي الله فلا يعصه
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/102 — archive.org (5:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.