What is the ruling on one who commits a sin while forgetting that he has sworn an oath and made a covenant with Allah not to do it
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person swore and covenanted with his Lord not to commit a sin, then he committed this sin afterwards while forgetting the covenant, and he did not remember the covenant at that time, so what is required of him?
Answer:
If he was forgetting the oath, then he owes nothing, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:286] So if he was forgetting, he owes nothing, [Al-Ahzab 33:5]. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person swore and covenanted with his Lord not to commit a sin, then he committed this sin afterwards while forgetting the covenant, and he did not remember the covenant at that time, so what is required of him?
Answer:
If he was forgetting the oath, then he owes nothing, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَاAnd there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended.
وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [750 -1024] ما حكم من فعل المعصية ناسيًا أنه قد حلف وعاهد الله على عدم الفعل - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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