Explanation of the author's statement: "And if he swore not to eat any idam (food eaten with bread), he breaks his oath by eating eggs, dates, salt, olives, and the like, and anything that dyes food. And if he swore not to wear anything, he breaks his oath if he wears a garment, armor, a jushna, or sandals."

The Shaykh : Then he said: "And if he swore not to eat any idam (food eaten with bread), he breaks his oath by eating eggs, dates, salt, vinegar, olives, and the like, and anything that dyes food." He said, "I swear to Allah I will not eat idam," meaning the idam that is used to eat with bread. Does he break his oath with these things? Eggs, why? He said, "I swear to Allah I will not eat idam," and then he ate eggs. Yes, because it is used as idam. A person dips bread in eggs and eats it. Okay, if he ate eggs that were not cooked and not fried, right? Does he break his oath?

The questioner : He does not break his oath.

The Shaykh : Okay, do people dye with it or not?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : They do not dye with it. No, some people dye with raw eggs, meaning they put bread in it and eat it. Yes, right? So he breaks his oath because it is used for dyeing, and this is clear from the author's wording, because he said "by eating eggs" and did not say "cooked" or "fried." He breaks his oath by eating dates. He said, "I swear to Allah I will not eat idam," and he ate dates. Does he break his oath?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Why?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Is meat used as idam? I mean, are dates used as idam?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, how are they used as idam? Do you see anyone dipping bread in dates?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Does he put a date in a piece of bread and eat it? Okay, and a discussion on this issue will come to us, if Allah wills. A discussion on it will come to us, if Allah wills. He also said that he breaks his oath by eating salt. Glory be to Allah, is salt used as idam?

The questioner : Yes.
Another questioner: ...

The Shaykh : Is it used as idam?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Okay, there is no objection. And vinegar, yes, that is clear. And olives, yes, are they used as idam? Olives?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Small and large, all are used as idam. And "and the like"—in the explanation, I have mentioned things like cheese and milk. Cheese is certainly used as idam, and milk is used as idam. Then he said a general phrase: "and anything that dyes food". The meaning of "dyes" is "is used as idam," meaning it is made into idam. Allah the Exalted said: And idam is called "dye" because it dyes the food. If you dip it in something black, for example, it becomes black, and in something red, it becomes red, and so on. So it is a dye for the food that is eaten with it.
He said: "and anything that dyes food". Let us see if there is anything else that dyes food? For example?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Oil, honey, 'uqat (concentrated date syrup), pumpkin, meat, many things, jam. Okay, yes. 'Uqat is used as idam; if it is fresh and soft, it is dipped in, or if it is dry, it is ground and water is added to it, and it is used as idam. Yes? Right? 'Uqat, greens, do you know? Yes, okay. And anything that dyes food. Okay, and if he swore not to wear anything. Look, "not to wear anything." Is "anything" indefinite or definite?

The questioner : It is indefinite.

The Shaykh : In the context of negation, it implies generality. He said, "I swear to Allah I will not wear anything," and he wore a garment. Does he break his oath? Trousers? Does he break his oath? A tuban? Does he break his oath? Okay.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Right? A tuban is trousers without sleeves, very short. Right? No, it is not... meaning it does not have long sleeves; they call it ahaf, I think.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Right? They call it... fine, okay. Also, wearing armor. Right?

The questioner : He breaks his oath.

The Shaykh : Yes, he breaks his oath. The armor that they wear in war. Allah the Exalted said: Look at "garments" And He said: meaning complete armor. Armor is a garment woven from iron rings that a person wears so that when spears or knives come, they do not penetrate it. Okay, wearing a jushna. A jushna is a type of armor; it is armor, but with a specific characteristic, so it is called a jushna. Also, wearing a taqiyah (cap)? Right, does he break his oath? Okay, a ghutrah (headscarf)?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : He breaks his oath, or sandals, he breaks his oath. Socks? Fine, so anything that is worn. Okay, he prayed on a mat, on a reed mat.

The questioner : He does not break his oath.

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Right, okay. If he does not break his oath, how do we respond to the hadith of Anas ? There is a narration , but in a narration , the scholars said that "wearing" here means "using." The wearing of every thing is according to its nature, but in the Arabic language, it is not called "wearing."