Saying "haram by Allah" when taking an oath
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people say "haram by Allah." Does this count as an oath?
The Shaykh:
And what is "haram by Allah"?
The questioner:
He says: If he wants to take an oath, he uses this phrase.
The Shaykh:
"Haram by Allah." This thing is haram. What is the thing? It is a permissible thing, and he says it is haram, so the prohibition is lawful[Al-Ma'idah 5:87]. As for saying "by Allah," this is one of the forms of the oath. The waw, the ba, and the ta, and "Allah" like "by Allah"—this is one of the forms of the oath.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people say "haram by Allah." Does this count as an oath?
The Shaykh:
And what is "haram by Allah"?
The questioner:
He says: If he wants to take an oath, he uses this phrase.
The Shaykh:
"Haram by Allah." This thing is haram. What is the thing? It is a permissible thing, and he says it is haram, so the prohibition is lawful
do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you
لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: الصيد مباح وشروطه أربعة — islamhouse.com (1:04:32)
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