The ruling on one who vowed to abandon a sin three times and did not fulfill it
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man vowed three times to abandon a sin, but he did not fulfill the vow. What is required of him?
Answer:
He owes the expiation for an oath. This vow is treated like an oath. He expiates it by feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find the means, he fasts for three days. This suffices for repeated vows if they were for the same thing. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man vowed three times to abandon a sin, but he did not fulfill the vow. What is required of him?
Answer:
He owes the expiation for an oath. This vow is treated like an oath. He expiates it by feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find the means, he fasts for three days. This suffices for repeated vows if they were for the same thing. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب النهي عن سب الريح، وباب قول الله - تعالى - : { يَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ } — islamhouse.com (1:14:59)
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