The ruling on one who swears not to do something and then does it
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Question:
I once swore, out of anger, that I would not have intercourse with my wife for a certain number of days. However, I had intercourse with her before the period was completed. What is your guidance?
Answer:
He owes the expiation for an oath, as mentioned in the question before this one. He owes the expiation for an oath. If a person swears regarding a future matter, such as saying, "By Allah, I will not have intercourse with my wife for two or three days," or "By Allah, I will not have intercourse with her for two or three days," or "By Allah, I will not speak to her," and then he breaks his oath, he owes the expiation for the oath. This is: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he is unable to do so, he must fast for three days. The meaning is that he expiates by feeding ten poor people, meaning he provides them with dinner or breakfast, ten poor persons, or he gives them food, where each person is given half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, wheat, or other staple food of the country. Or he clothes them with a garment that suffices them for prayer, such as a shirt, or an izar (lower garment) and rida' (upper garment), or the like. Or he frees a believing slave. If he is unable to do these three things, he fasts for three days. This is the expiation, as Allah specified in His great Book in Surat al-Ma'idah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
I once swore, out of anger, that I would not have intercourse with my wife for a certain number of days. However, I had intercourse with her before the period was completed. What is your guidance?
Answer:
He owes the expiation for an oath, as mentioned in the question before this one. He owes the expiation for an oath. If a person swears regarding a future matter, such as saying, "By Allah, I will not have intercourse with my wife for two or three days," or "By Allah, I will not have intercourse with her for two or three days," or "By Allah, I will not speak to her," and then he breaks his oath, he owes the expiation for the oath. This is: feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he is unable to do so, he must fast for three days. The meaning is that he expiates by feeding ten poor people, meaning he provides them with dinner or breakfast, ten poor persons, or he gives them food, where each person is given half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, wheat, or other staple food of the country. Or he clothes them with a garment that suffices them for prayer, such as a shirt, or an izar (lower garment) and rida' (upper garment), or the like. Or he frees a believing slave. If he is unable to do these three things, he fasts for three days. This is the expiation, as Allah specified in His great Book in Surat al-Ma'idah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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