A man swore to forbid a woman he had not yet contracted to marry, and then he married her in the house; what is his obligation?
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The questioner: My master, I am now... I married before the marriage.
The Shaykh: What are you reading, or what are you saying?
The questioner: I am reading.
The Shaykh: Okay, please clarify.
The questioner: If Allah wills, before the marriage.
The Shaykh: My brother, may Allah guide you, you are not married.
The questioner: No, I am married.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Before the marriage, about four months ago.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I have been married for four months.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: There was a fight in the house. I was angry, so I said this. I said this, of course, here... My Shaykh.
The Shaykh: My brother, your voice is getting low and going away. May Allah guide you. Raise your voice, and then you will memorize it.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: What is it, if Allah wills, my brother? Do you want to torment us, or do you want to get an answer from us?
The questioner: I will get an answer.
The Shaykh: Yes, why are you hiding from me? Raise your voice?
The questioner: My master, the Shaykh, hello.
The Shaykh : Hello.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh, I...
The Shaykh: Was this before the contract?
The questioner: Before the contract.
The Shaykh: Okay, are you talking about two cases or one case?
The questioner: One case, before the marriage.
The Shaykh: One case, an oath?
The questioner: Yes, and then...
The Shaykh: Since you were not contracted to her, your saying "she is forbidden to me" has no effect.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except with Allah. My brother, are you understanding me or not?
The questioner: I am understanding.
The Shaykh: Why are you repeating the words to me?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: What did you understand from me? What did you understand?
The questioner: That if I did not contract to her, there is no effect.
The Shaykh: Okay, why are you repeating the words?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: What do I want toThe Shaykh : understand from me? Since you were not contracted to her, your forbidding her has no effect.
The questioner: The Shaykh said zihar.
The Shaykh: Zihar is when it is your wife. May Allah guide you, you and...The Shaykh .
The questioner: ... Okay, and the oath?
The Shaykh: For the oath, you owe an expiation for an oath.
The questioner: How much is it estimated to be?
The Shaykh: There is no estimation. You must feed ten poor people in your house.
The questioner: Okay, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except with Allah. Am I speaking to you in Arabic or in Albanian?
The questioner: In Arabic, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am telling you, there is no compensation, there is no estimation. You must feed ten poor people in your house.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The Shaykh: What are you reading, or what are you saying?
The questioner: I am reading.
The Shaykh: Okay, please clarify.
The questioner: If Allah wills, before the marriage.
The Shaykh: My brother, may Allah guide you, you are not married.
The questioner: No, I am married.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Before the marriage, about four months ago.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I have been married for four months.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: There was a fight in the house. I was angry, so I said this. I said this, of course, here... My Shaykh.
The Shaykh: My brother, your voice is getting low and going away. May Allah guide you. Raise your voice, and then you will memorize it.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: What is it, if Allah wills, my brother? Do you want to torment us, or do you want to get an answer from us?
The questioner: I will get an answer.
The Shaykh: Yes, why are you hiding from me? Raise your voice?
The questioner: My master, the Shaykh, hello.
The Shaykh : Hello.
The questioner: Your Eminence, the Shaykh, I...
The Shaykh: Was this before the contract?
The questioner: Before the contract.
The Shaykh: Okay, are you talking about two cases or one case?
The questioner: One case, before the marriage.
The Shaykh: One case, an oath?
The questioner: Yes, and then...
The Shaykh: Since you were not contracted to her, your saying "she is forbidden to me" has no effect.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except with Allah. My brother, are you understanding me or not?
The questioner: I am understanding.
The Shaykh: Why are you repeating the words to me?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: What did you understand from me? What did you understand?
The questioner: That if I did not contract to her, there is no effect.
The Shaykh: Okay, why are you repeating the words?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: What do I want toThe Shaykh : understand from me? Since you were not contracted to her, your forbidding her has no effect.
The questioner: The Shaykh said zihar.
The Shaykh: Zihar is when it is your wife. May Allah guide you, you and...The Shaykh .
The questioner: ... Okay, and the oath?
The Shaykh: For the oath, you owe an expiation for an oath.
The questioner: How much is it estimated to be?
The Shaykh: There is no estimation. You must feed ten poor people in your house.
The questioner: Okay, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except with Allah. Am I speaking to you in Arabic or in Albanian?
The questioner: In Arabic, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I am telling you, there is no compensation, there is no estimation. You must feed ten poor people in your house.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
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