A person saying, “I pledge to Allah that I will not do such-and-such”: Is this considered an oath or a vow?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “I pledge to Allah that I will not do such-and-such,” what is the ruling on this? Is its ruling the ruling of an oath or the ruling of a vow?
Answer:
It is an oath.[An-Nahl 16:91] He called it an oath; he named the pledge an oath. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “I pledge to Allah that I will not do such-and-such,” what is the ruling on this? Is its ruling the ruling of an oath or the ruling of a vow?
Answer:
It is an oath.
And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths
وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدتُّمْ وَلَا تَنقُضُوا الْأَيْمَانَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [490 /641] قول الإنسان "أعاهد الله ألا أفعل كذا" هل يعد من اليمين أم النذر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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