A person swore many oaths and did not count them and did not fulfill any of them, so what should he do?
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The questioner : I have sworn many oaths and I am unable to count them, and I have not fulfilled any of them. What is the ruling on this? May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Yes, I advise this questioner, and others among the listeners to this program, to not multiply oaths, and to reduce them as much as they can. Some of the scholars have interpreted the saying of Allah the Exalted: to mean that one should not multiply swearing by Allah.
And a person, if he resolves to do something, can do it without an oath. And if it happens that he swears, let him always keep on his tongue the saying: "if Allah wills." ForJami` at-Tirmidhi 1532Sahih (Darussalam) as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) mentioned to us the story of Sulayman ibn Dawud (peace be upon him) that he said: He swore to have intercourse with ninety women, each of whom would give birth to a boy who would fight in the cause of Allah. He did not swear to attain his desire, but to produce from his loins boys who would fight in the cause of Allah. However, if a person attains his desire from his wife, he has a reward for it, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): Sahih Muslim 1006.
The important thing is that Sulayman ibn Dawud, when he swore this oath, was told: Say "if Allah wills." But he did not say "if Allah wills," relying on the resolve in his heart, because he was determined. So Allah made it easy for him to go around to ninety women that night, and only one of them gave birth, and she gave birth to a half-person, a fragment of a human, to show Allah the Mighty and Majestic that matters are by the will of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3856Sahih (Darussalam) And in some wordings: .
So you should keep on your tongue the saying: "if Allah wills," every time you swear, to benefit from two great benefits:
The first benefit: the attainment of your objective, because the attainment of the objective with the saying "if Allah wills" is closer than its attainment if you do not say "if Allah wills."
The second: that if what you swore to does not happen for you, there is no expiation upon you, because you tied the matter to the will of Allah, and the will of Allah the Exalted is above everything, if Allah wills it to be for you.
This questioner who says he has many oaths and does not know what they are: we say first: it is necessary that we know these oaths, whether they are about something in the future or something in the past? And did he say in them: "if Allah wills" or did he not say it? And are they repeated oaths about one thing, or about things? Or is it one oath repeated about things?
All these are matters that we must know about. If he has an answer to these questions, let him submit it to the program so that the answer is specific, so that he and the listeners do not get lost in what we say.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, I advise this questioner, and others among the listeners to this program, to not multiply oaths, and to reduce them as much as they can. Some of the scholars have interpreted the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And keep your oaths
وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْAnd a person, if he resolves to do something, can do it without an oath. And if it happens that he swears, let him always keep on his tongue the saying: "if Allah wills." For
Whoever swears [about an oath] and says: 'If Allah wills (Insha Allah), then he will not have broken it.
من حلف على شيء فقال : إن شاء الله لم يحنثBy Allah, I will surely go around to ninety women tonight, each of whom will give birth to a boy who will fight in the cause of Allah.
والله لأطوفن الليلة على تسعين امرأة تلد كل واحدة منهن غلاماً يقاتل في سبيل اللهand in man's sexual Intercourse (with his wife, ) there is a Sadaqa. They (the Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, is there reward for him who satisfies his sexual passion among us? He said: Tell me, if he were to devote it to something forbidden, would it not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward.
وفي بضع أحدكم صدقة، قالوا : يا رسول الله! أيأتي أحدنا شهوته ويكون له فيها أجر؟ قال : نعم، أرأيتم لو وضعها في حرام أكان عليه وزر؟ قالوا : نعم، قال : كذلك إذا وضعها في الحلال كان له أجرThe important thing is that Sulayman ibn Dawud, when he swore this oath, was told: Say "if Allah wills." But he did not say "if Allah wills," relying on the resolve in his heart, because he was determined. So Allah made it easy for him to go around to ninety women that night, and only one of them gave birth, and she gave birth to a half-person, a fragment of a human, to show Allah the Mighty and Majestic that matters are by the will of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
If he had said: 'If Allah wills,' he would not have broken his vow, and this would have been a means to help him to get what he wanted.
لو قال : إن شاء الله لم يحنث وكان دركاً ليمينهTo fight in the cause of Allah.
لقاتلوا في سبيل اللهSo you should keep on your tongue the saying: "if Allah wills," every time you swear, to benefit from two great benefits:
The first benefit: the attainment of your objective, because the attainment of the objective with the saying "if Allah wills" is closer than its attainment if you do not say "if Allah wills."
The second: that if what you swore to does not happen for you, there is no expiation upon you, because you tied the matter to the will of Allah, and the will of Allah the Exalted is above everything, if Allah wills it to be for you.
This questioner who says he has many oaths and does not know what they are: we say first: it is necessary that we know these oaths, whether they are about something in the future or something in the past? And did he say in them: "if Allah wills" or did he not say it? And are they repeated oaths about one thing, or about things? Or is it one oath repeated about things?
All these are matters that we must know about. If he has an answer to these questions, let him submit it to the program so that the answer is specific, so that he and the listeners do not get lost in what we say.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O honorable Shaykh.