What is obligatory upon one who repeats an oath regarding a single matter?
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Question:
A chaste brother: (E. S.) sent a message saying: I swore an oath regarding one of my children to abstain from a certain action, but I broke this oath, knowing that I repeated the oath more than once. Do I have to pay expiation for every oath? Or is one expiation sufficient?
Answer:
You have to pay one expiation, if the action is the same. If you said, “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” multiple times; there is only one expiation in that, if you did not fulfill your oath, but rather spoke, and contradicted it. Or if you said, for example, “By Allah, I do not visit the family of so-and-so,” “By Allah, I do not visit them,” “By Allah, I do not visit them,” and then you visited them; one expiation... and so on for what is similar to this.
As for if they are actions, if the oaths are on actions, as if you said, “By Allah, I do not visit so-and-so,” “By Allah, I do not speak to him,” and then you visited him and spoke to him; you have to pay two expiations; because the action is different, visiting is not speaking, and so on for what is similar to that, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A chaste brother: (E. S.) sent a message saying: I swore an oath regarding one of my children to abstain from a certain action, but I broke this oath, knowing that I repeated the oath more than once. Do I have to pay expiation for every oath? Or is one expiation sufficient?
Answer:
You have to pay one expiation, if the action is the same. If you said, “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” “By Allah, so-and-so did not speak,” multiple times; there is only one expiation in that, if you did not fulfill your oath, but rather spoke, and contradicted it. Or if you said, for example, “By Allah, I do not visit the family of so-and-so,” “By Allah, I do not visit them,” “By Allah, I do not visit them,” and then you visited them; one expiation... and so on for what is similar to this.
As for if they are actions, if the oaths are on actions, as if you said, “By Allah, I do not visit so-and-so,” “By Allah, I do not speak to him,” and then you visited him and spoke to him; you have to pay two expiations; because the action is different, visiting is not speaking, and so on for what is similar to that, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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