The Ruling on a Vow Made in Anger or Stubbornness
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Question:
A questioner (S. A. A.) says: A dispute arose between me and my sisters, and I was angry and said: “I have vowed to fast a month if I speak to any of them.” But the days passed and what was between me and them went away, and I spoke to them afterwards because I cannot bear to be separated from them; they are my sisters. So, is it obligatory for me to fast that month which I did not specify? And do I fast it in separate days, or must it be consecutive, because I live in Makkah al-Mukarramah and the weather there is hot, and the vow came from me in a state of anger?
Answer:
If the situation is as described, then this vow is not an act of devotion, but rather a vow of stubbornness and anger, and its purpose is to prevent himself from speaking to his sisters.
So the result is that this is in the ruling of an oath; this vow is in the ruling of an oath, so upon him is the expiation of an oath, and it is not obligatory for you, O questioner, to fast. Rather, this is among the rulings of vows called the vow of stubbornness and anger, and its ruling is that it is in the ruling of an oath, so upon you is the expiation of the oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. This is the expiation of the oath. If you feed ten poor people lunch or dinner, or give each one half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the local staple food, that suffices. Or if you clothe them, that suffices.
Likewise, if a person says: “I have vowed to perform Hajj that I will not speak to so-and-so,” or “I have vowed such and such that I will not speak to so-and-so,” all of this entails only the expiation of an oath, because it is a vow of stubbornness and anger whose purpose is to prevent this thing. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A questioner (S. A. A.) says: A dispute arose between me and my sisters, and I was angry and said: “I have vowed to fast a month if I speak to any of them.” But the days passed and what was between me and them went away, and I spoke to them afterwards because I cannot bear to be separated from them; they are my sisters. So, is it obligatory for me to fast that month which I did not specify? And do I fast it in separate days, or must it be consecutive, because I live in Makkah al-Mukarramah and the weather there is hot, and the vow came from me in a state of anger?
Answer:
If the situation is as described, then this vow is not an act of devotion, but rather a vow of stubbornness and anger, and its purpose is to prevent himself from speaking to his sisters.
So the result is that this is in the ruling of an oath; this vow is in the ruling of an oath, so upon him is the expiation of an oath, and it is not obligatory for you, O questioner, to fast. Rather, this is among the rulings of vows called the vow of stubbornness and anger, and its ruling is that it is in the ruling of an oath, so upon you is the expiation of the oath, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. This is the expiation of the oath. If you feed ten poor people lunch or dinner, or give each one half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the local staple food, that suffices. Or if you clothe them, that suffices.
Likewise, if a person says: “I have vowed to perform Hajj that I will not speak to so-and-so,” or “I have vowed such and such that I will not speak to so-and-so,” all of this entails only the expiation of an oath, because it is a vow of stubbornness and anger whose purpose is to prevent this thing. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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