The ruling on the expiation for a covenant with Allah if one falls short in it
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The questioner:
May Allah preserve you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the expiation for a covenant? If I make a covenant with Allah, the Exalted, to do a deed and I fall short in it, is there an expiation on me?
The Shaykh:
A covenant is an oath; the expiation for a covenant is the expiation for an oath.[An-Nahl 16:91] So a covenant is an oath that carries the expiation for an oath if it is broken. Yes.
The questioner:
And if there is an expiation, does the deed drop off me after the expiation?
The Shaykh:
Does it drop off?
The questioner:
The deed I covenanted with Allah to do, after performing the expiation?
The Shaykh:
The oath is dissolved if it is broken; it is dissolved and expiated because it was dissolved and removed. Yes.
May Allah preserve you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the expiation for a covenant? If I make a covenant with Allah, the Exalted, to do a deed and I fall short in it, is there an expiation on me?
The Shaykh:
A covenant is an oath; the expiation for a covenant is the expiation for an oath.
And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation
وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدتُّمْ وَلَا تَنقُضُوا الْأَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَاThe questioner:
And if there is an expiation, does the deed drop off me after the expiation?
The Shaykh:
Does it drop off?
The questioner:
The deed I covenanted with Allah to do, after performing the expiation?
The Shaykh:
The oath is dissolved if it is broken; it is dissolved and expiated because it was dissolved and removed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [122/186] حكم كفارة العهد مع الله إذا قصّر فيه - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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