I said that if I give birth to a child, I will name him after my brother, but my parents refused. Is this considered a vow, and is there anything required of me?

Question:
My brother died at the age of twenty, and he was a righteous young man. So I said, if I give birth to a child, I will name him after him, and it is a beautiful name. But my parents refused. Is this considered a vow? And is there anything required of me if I do not name him after him? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If it is as you mentioned, that you said you would name him after him but did not make a vow, then this is not binding. It is not obligatory to name the child after the deceased. However, if you vowed to name your son after him, then this is a vow that has the ruling of an oath, because it is a vow for a permissible matter. So you must expiate it with the expiation of an oath. Yes.