The obligation of one who swears to abandon a sin and then commits it more than once
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person swore and said, “By Allah, I will never commit this sin again,” but then he committed it more than once. What is obligatory for him? Is there an expiation, and do the instances overlap?
Answer:
If the matter sworn upon in many oaths is one single thing, one expiation is sufficient because they overlap. However, if the matters sworn upon in the oaths are multiple distinct things, each oath has its own independent expiation.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person swore and said, “By Allah, I will never commit this sin again,” but then he committed it more than once. What is obligatory for him? Is there an expiation, and do the instances overlap?
Answer:
If the matter sworn upon in many oaths is one single thing, one expiation is sufficient because they overlap. However, if the matters sworn upon in the oaths are multiple distinct things, each oath has its own independent expiation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2498 -2802] الواجب على من حلف على ترك المعصية ثم فعلها أكثر من مرة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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