The Expiation for an Oath for One Who Prohibits Smoking on Himself and Then Returns to It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person prohibited smoking on himself with the intention of preventing himself from it, because he was afflicted by it. He left it for a period, then returned to it. Does he owe an expiation for an oath, or is that specific to prohibiting what is lawful?
Answer:
Smoking is forbidden in itself; its prohibition is original. If he swore that he would not smoke and then disobeyed Allah by smoking, he owes an expiation for the oath and also commits a sin for the disobedience. So he must repent from the act of disobedience and he owes the expiation for the oath. If he said, “It is forbidden for me to smoke,” and then he smoked, he expiates for his oath, because this is in the position of an oath. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person prohibited smoking on himself with the intention of preventing himself from it, because he was afflicted by it. He left it for a period, then returned to it. Does he owe an expiation for an oath, or is that specific to prohibiting what is lawful?
Answer:
Smoking is forbidden in itself; its prohibition is original. If he swore that he would not smoke and then disobeyed Allah by smoking, he owes an expiation for the oath and also commits a sin for the disobedience. So he must repent from the act of disobedience and he owes the expiation for the oath. If he said, “It is forbidden for me to smoke,” and then he smoked, he expiates for his oath, because this is in the position of an oath. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الشفعة — islamhouse.com (1:13:45)
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