Fasting as Expiation for an Oath on the Days of Ashura
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Question:
This person asks about the expiation for an oath when he fasts, because he finds that he is unable to feed people or free a slave. He says: If I fast the three days and fast them on the ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the month of Muharram, will that suffice for the expiation of the oath and for Ashura?
Answer:
If you intended them for Ashura, they will suffice for the expiation of the oath. But if you intended them for the expiation, they will be for the expiation and not for Ashura. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1 So it is according to what you intended. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This person asks about the expiation for an oath when he fasts, because he finds that he is unable to feed people or free a slave. He says: If I fast the three days and fast them on the ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the month of Muharram, will that suffice for the expiation of the oath and for Ashura?
Answer:
If you intended them for Ashura, they will suffice for the expiation of the oath. But if you intended them for the expiation, they will be for the expiation and not for Ashura. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:19)
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