The Ruling on Vowing to Give Charity with Another Person's Money
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person vows to give a certain man's car in charity, does he have to pay the expiation for a broken oath? Or, since he has no vow upon him, does that mean he is not subject to the consequences of a vow?
Answer:
Yes, that is correct. If he vows to give in charity something he does not own, he owes nothing, neither a vow nor an expiation, because the vow is not valid.
Honorable Shaykh, if a person vows to give a certain man's car in charity, does he have to pay the expiation for a broken oath? Or, since he has no vow upon him, does that mean he is not subject to the consequences of a vow?
Answer:
Yes, that is correct. If he vows to give in charity something he does not own, he owes nothing, neither a vow nor an expiation, because the vow is not valid.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الطلاق — islamhouse.com (58:29)
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