The ruling on saying: “Your speech is forbidden to me,” is it an oath?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person says, “Your speech is forbidden to me,” and “Peace be upon you,” is this a binding oath?
Answer:
Yes, forbidding what is lawful is a serious matter. Why have you forbidden what Allah has made lawful for you? So seek your pleasure until… until His saying: “Allah has prescribed for you the expiation of your oaths.” This expiation is called an oath; He called the forbidding of what is lawful an oath. He says: Whoever forbids what is lawful, this is an oath that is expiated with an expiation, unless the lawful thing is his wife, in which case forbidding her constitutes zihar.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person says, “Your speech is forbidden to me,” and “Peace be upon you,” is this a binding oath?
Answer:
Yes, forbidding what is lawful is a serious matter. Why have you forbidden what Allah has made lawful for you? So seek your pleasure until… until His saying: “Allah has prescribed for you the expiation of your oaths.” This expiation is called an oath; He called the forbidding of what is lawful an oath. He says: Whoever forbids what is lawful, this is an oath that is expiated with an expiation, unless the lawful thing is his wife, in which case forbidding her constitutes zihar.
Source
شرح قاعدة جليلة في التوسل والوسيلة، بداية من فصل : وأما القسم الثالث مما يسمى : توسلًا — islamhouse.com (1:10:55)
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