The ruling on one who swears to host a person
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A questioner says: A man came to him and he swore to provide him with dinner, and he also swore to slaughter an animal, meaning he said: "By Allah, I will slaughter a sacrificial animal for you," but he left him and traveled. What is his obligation in this matter?
First, we warn our brothers against rushing into oaths, compelling people to dinner or coffee or the like. If they see that honoring their brother is possible, they should do so without an oath. Then, if they do swear, let them append the phrase "if Allah wills" to their oath;Because whoever says: If they say "if Allah wills" in their oath, they do not break it. Then we also advise our brothers who were sworn upon to fulfill this man's oath, because it is the right of a Muslim over his brother to fulfill his oath and not cause him to break it. But if there is stubbornness from both these and those, the one who swore is the one who owes the expiation, meaning: if he breaks the oath and the one he swore for leaves, the one who swore owes the expiation. And his guests should remain, but if they leave and abandon them, the one who swore must expiate his oath. The expiation for an oath is freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing them. Whoever cannot find the means to do so must fast three consecutive days.
First, we warn our brothers against rushing into oaths, compelling people to dinner or coffee or the like. If they see that honoring their brother is possible, they should do so without an oath. Then, if they do swear, let them append the phrase "if Allah wills" to their oath;Because whoever says: If they say "if Allah wills" in their oath, they do not break it. Then we also advise our brothers who were sworn upon to fulfill this man's oath, because it is the right of a Muslim over his brother to fulfill his oath and not cause him to break it. But if there is stubbornness from both these and those, the one who swore is the one who owes the expiation, meaning: if he breaks the oath and the one he swore for leaves, the one who swore owes the expiation. And his guests should remain, but if they leave and abandon them, the one who swore must expiate his oath. The expiation for an oath is freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, or clothing them. Whoever cannot find the means to do so must fast three consecutive days.