The Expiation for Breaking an Oath to Quit Smoking
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Question:
Muhammad from Rabigh, go ahead, my brother Muhammad. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. If you please, may I speak to the Shaykh? Go ahead. My first question—I have two questions. My first question is that I swore an oath to quit smoking, and I went about a week without smoking, then I went back to smoking. So, the Shaykh will answer.
Answer:
You must do two things. The first is to repent to Allah and quit smoking, because it is foul and forbidden. The second is to expiate the oath you broke by returning to smoking after you swore to quit it. You owe the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people, or freeing a slave. If you cannot find the means to do so, you fast for three days. Yes.
Muhammad from Rabigh, go ahead, my brother Muhammad. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. If you please, may I speak to the Shaykh? Go ahead. My first question—I have two questions. My first question is that I swore an oath to quit smoking, and I went about a week without smoking, then I went back to smoking. So, the Shaykh will answer.
Answer:
You must do two things. The first is to repent to Allah and quit smoking, because it is foul and forbidden. The second is to expiate the oath you broke by returning to smoking after you swore to quit it. You owe the expiation for an oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing ten poor people, or freeing a slave. If you cannot find the means to do so, you fast for three days. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-01-1435هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (34:13)
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