The vow to fast three days every time one commits a sin
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Question:
May Allah protect you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man was afflicted with some sins, then he vowed to fast three days every time he committed that sin. However, due to his weak faith, he returns to that sin again and again. What is obligatory for him now? Is he bound by this vow until he dies?
Answer:
This is what I missed in the hall. He has prevented himself from this prison. He owes an expiation; he expiates with the expiation of an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. He wished to make it permissible for him to fast three days. This vow was not intended for obedience, but rather to prevent himself from this prison. So it takes the course of an oath. He entered it out of his ability. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah protect you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man was afflicted with some sins, then he vowed to fast three days every time he committed that sin. However, due to his weak faith, he returns to that sin again and again. What is obligatory for him now? Is he bound by this vow until he dies?
Answer:
This is what I missed in the hall. He has prevented himself from this prison. He owes an expiation; he expiates with the expiation of an oath: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. He wished to make it permissible for him to fast three days. This vow was not intended for obedience, but rather to prevent himself from this prison. So it takes the course of an oath. He entered it out of his ability. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-23 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:15)
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