The Difference Between a Careless Oath and a Binding Oath
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Question:
What is the criterion between a careless oath and a binding oath? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
A careless oath is one that the person did not intend; it slipped from his tongue without intention. As for an oath that is not careless, it is one that he intended and formed in his heart.[Al-Ma'idah 5:89] And in the other verse, it is by what your hearts have earned. So the criterion is the intention of the heart. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
What is the criterion between a careless oath and a binding oath? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
A careless oath is one that the person did not intend; it slipped from his tongue without intention. As for an oath that is not careless, it is one that he intended and formed in his heart.
Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths.
لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ الْأَيْمَانَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أخطاء في الصيام — islamhouse.com (1:13:10)
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