When an oath is binding
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Question:
The brother Abu Karim asks, Shaykh, about the oath. He says: When is an oath binding?
Answer:
An oath is binding if one intends it, if one intends it in his heart and means it. However, you will be held accountable for what you have sworn to,[Al-Baqarah 2:225]. For example, saying "No, by Allah" or "Yes, by Allah" in the course of one's speech, when one does not intend to swear an oath, there is nothing in that; that is a vain oath. But if one intends to swear it, then it is binding. Yes.
The brother Abu Karim asks, Shaykh, about the oath. He says: When is an oath binding?
Answer:
An oath is binding if one intends it, if one intends it in his heart and means it. However, you will be held accountable for what you have sworn to,
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths
لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (189) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-08-20] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (11:26)
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