Oaths regarding the future: Is it obligatory to qualify them with an exception?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory.
The questioner : The statement of Sulayman...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : One swears an oath regarding a future matter that he does not know.
The Shaykh : Yes, he swears an oath regarding his own action, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has a problem with this: the fact that they are striving in the cause of Allah is not within his control.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not within his control.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. We do not say that you should not swear an oath regarding what is not within your control. Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory.
The questioner : The statement of Sulayman...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : One swears an oath regarding a future matter that he does not know.
The Shaykh : Yes, he swears an oath regarding his own action, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has a problem with this: the fact that they are striving in the cause of Allah is not within his control.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is not within his control.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. We do not say that you should not swear an oath regarding what is not within your control. Yes?
The questioner : ... .