The Ruling on Inability to Fulfill a Vow
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Question:
She says: She was afflicted with an illness, and due to the severity of the pain, she made a vow that she was unable to fulfill, and she asks how she should act now?
Answer:
If the vow is an act of obedience to Allah, she must perform the act of obedience according to her capacity, and the debt remains upon her until she is able. If she is not able, [al-Baqarah:286]. If she vowed that if Allah healed her and restored her health, she would give charity of one thousand riyals or ten thousand riyals, if she is able, she pays it out and gives it to the poor. Or if she vowed to fast specific days, a month or two months, she fasts according to her capacity. If she is ill, she postpones it, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 6696.
As for if she vowed something disliked or forbidden, then there is an expiation for an oath in that. If she said: If Allah heals me from my illness, I will fast a full year, this is a disliked fast, and she owes an expiation for an oath; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting the entire year. So she expiates the oath, and praise be to Allah, by feeding ten poor people or clothing them. This is the expiation for an oath: ten poor people, she feeds them dinner or lunch, or she gives each one half a sa' of dates or rice or the like of the local staple food, or she clothes them, one shirt for each one. If she is unable to do so, she fasts three days.
The point is that she does what she is able to do. If the vow is an act of obedience, she performs the act of obedience according to her capacity, and if she is unable, it remains in her liability. If the vowed thing is disliked or forbidden, she does not do it, and she owes an expiation for an oath. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
She says: She was afflicted with an illness, and due to the severity of the pain, she made a vow that she was unable to fulfill, and she asks how she should act now?
Answer:
If the vow is an act of obedience to Allah, she must perform the act of obedience according to her capacity, and the debt remains upon her until she is able. If she is not able,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاWhoever vows that he will be obedient to Allah, should remain obedient to Him
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعهAs for if she vowed something disliked or forbidden, then there is an expiation for an oath in that. If she said: If Allah heals me from my illness, I will fast a full year, this is a disliked fast, and she owes an expiation for an oath; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting the entire year. So she expiates the oath, and praise be to Allah, by feeding ten poor people or clothing them. This is the expiation for an oath: ten poor people, she feeds them dinner or lunch, or she gives each one half a sa' of dates or rice or the like of the local staple food, or she clothes them, one shirt for each one. If she is unable to do so, she fasts three days.
The point is that she does what she is able to do. If the vow is an act of obedience, she performs the act of obedience according to her capacity, and if she is unable, it remains in her liability. If the vowed thing is disliked or forbidden, she does not do it, and she owes an expiation for an oath. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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