Ruling on imposing a penalty on one who misses an appointment
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It often happens among brothers that when a person fails to keep an appointment with another, or does so unintentionally, he says:
Meaning: You owe me a dinner or something else. What is the ruling?
This is, in reality, a game that young people have taken up now; because if someone breaks a promise or makes a mistake in a word, they do not intend a punishment, meaning: a discretionary punishment for breaking the promise, but rather they intend to laugh and have fun at his expense, and the like. For this reason, I think it is better to leave it alone, lest it become a game and everyone wants to have a "right" over someone—as they say—when he makes a mistake in a word or breaks a promise. Breaking a promise is a sign of hypocrisy except out of necessity, but it is not obligatory for him,If they said: You owe me a right,He says: No.
Who made it obligatory upon me? Did Allah make it obligatory? Did the Messenger make it obligatory? Did the scholars make it obligatory? So he should leave it and not establish this right. Therefore, it is better not to claim the right,And what I mean by the "right" they mention: if it is truly a right, otherwise it appears to be closer to falsehood.
Meaning: You owe me a dinner or something else. What is the ruling?
This is, in reality, a game that young people have taken up now; because if someone breaks a promise or makes a mistake in a word, they do not intend a punishment, meaning: a discretionary punishment for breaking the promise, but rather they intend to laugh and have fun at his expense, and the like. For this reason, I think it is better to leave it alone, lest it become a game and everyone wants to have a "right" over someone—as they say—when he makes a mistake in a word or breaks a promise. Breaking a promise is a sign of hypocrisy except out of necessity, but it is not obligatory for him,If they said: You owe me a right,He says: No.
Who made it obligatory upon me? Did Allah make it obligatory? Did the Messenger make it obligatory? Did the scholars make it obligatory? So he should leave it and not establish this right. Therefore, it is better not to claim the right,And what I mean by the "right" they mention: if it is truly a right, otherwise it appears to be closer to falsehood.