There is no vow in performing an obligatory duty
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Question:
A woman was afflicted with an illness and said: "It is charity for the sake of Allah that if Allah heals me, I will not leave the prayer." She was healed, but she did not fulfill what she said, and she does not know what "charity for the sake of Allah" means? Is it an oath or a vow? After a period of time, she repented, and she asks what is the expiation for that?
Answer:
As long as she has repented, praise be to Allah; because the prayer is obligatory upon her, even if she had not made a vow, and it is the pillar of Islam, and leaving it is disbelief; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2616Hasan (Darussalam), and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam).
And a vow increases the affirmation of the status.. So she must be upright, and she must continue in the obedience of Allah, and she must maintain the prayer that Allah has made obligatory upon her, and she must beware of the whispers of Satan and bad companions, and we ask Allah for steadfastness in the truth for us and for her.
And she does not have to make up what was missed; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, and there is no making up of what was missed for a disbeliever when he becomes a Muslim; due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anfal 8:38] the verse [al-Anfal: 38], and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): narrated by Muslim in his Sahih.
A woman was afflicted with an illness and said: "It is charity for the sake of Allah that if Allah heals me, I will not leave the prayer." She was healed, but she did not fulfill what she said, and she does not know what "charity for the sake of Allah" means? Is it an oath or a vow? After a period of time, she repented, and she asks what is the expiation for that?
Answer:
As long as she has repented, praise be to Allah; because the prayer is obligatory upon her, even if she had not made a vow, and it is the pillar of Islam, and leaving it is disbelief; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The head of the matter is Islam, and its pillar is the Salat
رأس الأمر الإسلام، وعموده الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرAnd a vow increases the affirmation of the status.
Repentance wipes out what came before it
التوبة تجب ما قبلهاAnd she does not have to make up what was missed; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, and there is no making up of what was missed for a disbeliever when he becomes a Muslim; due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them
قُل لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَنتَهُواْ يُغَفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَIslam wipes out what came before it
الإسلام يجب ما قبله
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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