The ruling on one who swore to persist in voluntary acts of worship but did not fulfill it
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Question:
A message was received for the program from one of the listening brothers, containing a collection of questions. In one of them, he says: I swore that I would persist in voluntary acts of worship, and this was after I performed a voluntary prayer, so I felt a sense of peace, but I did not fulfill what I swore to. How do you advise me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must pay the expiation for an oath, and there is no blame on you, and praise be to Allah. A voluntary act is not an obligatory one, but you must expiate your oath because of your leaving some of the voluntary acts that you intended in your oath. This is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. Whoever is unable to do all of that must fast for three days. This is the expiation for an oath, as Allah pointed out in Surat al-Ma'idah: feeding ten poor people... ten poor people, where each poor person is given half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates, or rice, or wheat, or other staple food of the country, or they are fed something cooked, a lunch or a dinner, one meal, whether they are gathered together or scattered, there is no harm in any of this. Or he clothes them, where each one is given a shirt, or an izar (lower garment) and a rida' (upper garment), or a shirt and a turban, meaning a ghutrah (headscarf), all of this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Or he frees a slave. If he is unable to do all of this, he fasts for three days. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message was received for the program from one of the listening brothers, containing a collection of questions. In one of them, he says: I swore that I would persist in voluntary acts of worship, and this was after I performed a voluntary prayer, so I felt a sense of peace, but I did not fulfill what I swore to. How do you advise me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must pay the expiation for an oath, and there is no blame on you, and praise be to Allah. A voluntary act is not an obligatory one, but you must expiate your oath because of your leaving some of the voluntary acts that you intended in your oath. This is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. Whoever is unable to do all of that must fast for three days. This is the expiation for an oath, as Allah pointed out in Surat al-Ma'idah: feeding ten poor people... ten poor people, where each poor person is given half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates, or rice, or wheat, or other staple food of the country, or they are fed something cooked, a lunch or a dinner, one meal, whether they are gathered together or scattered, there is no harm in any of this. Or he clothes them, where each one is given a shirt, or an izar (lower garment) and a rida' (upper garment), or a shirt and a turban, meaning a ghutrah (headscarf), all of this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Or he frees a slave. If he is unable to do all of this, he fasts for three days. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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