Oaths, Placing the Hand on the Mushaf, and Breaking an Oath
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Before I traveled outside the Kingdom, I placed my hand on the mushaf and said, “I swear by Allah that I will not smoke or drink intoxicants,” and I swore this oath. Then he says he went against what he swore to. What is required of me? And is the act of placing the hand on the mushaf prescribed?
Answer:
Yes, placing the hand on the mushaf has no basis. Placing the hand on the mushaf at the time of swearing an oath has no basis; it is merely an action of the common people. As for the fact that you went against the oath, you must pay the expiation for an oath, along with repentance to Allah. You must repent to Allah because this is a sin and a transgression. Also, since you went against the oath, you must pay the expiation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Before I traveled outside the Kingdom, I placed my hand on the mushaf and said, “I swear by Allah that I will not smoke or drink intoxicants,” and I swore this oath. Then he says he went against what he swore to. What is required of me? And is the act of placing the hand on the mushaf prescribed?
Answer:
Yes, placing the hand on the mushaf has no basis. Placing the hand on the mushaf at the time of swearing an oath has no basis; it is merely an action of the common people. As for the fact that you went against the oath, you must pay the expiation for an oath, along with repentance to Allah. You must repent to Allah because this is a sin and a transgression. Also, since you went against the oath, you must pay the expiation. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (53:12)
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