The ruling on one who makes a covenant with Allah to abandon a sin and then commits it

Question:
The sister questioner from Jeddah says: If I make a covenant with Allah not to return to a sin, and then I return to it, and then I repent again, what is the ruling in that?
Knowing that I heard a fatwa that there is an expiation for an oath in this, so I fasted for three days, but during my fasting I was hearing wedding songs with hand drums, so what is the ruling in that? And what is the ruling on listening to tapes of Islamic nasheeds?

Answer:
When a person makes a covenant with Allah, he must fulfill his covenant. Allah says: [Surah al-Nahl: 91] If one makes a covenant with Allah to stay away from sins, if one makes a covenant with Allah to be dutiful to his parents, if one makes a covenant with Allah to maintain his family ties, if one makes a covenant with Allah not to harm his neighbors, he must continue and the covenant is binding. And if he breaches the covenant, he has put himself at risk, so he must repent to Allah, seek forgiveness, feel remorse, and not return to it. This is what is prescribed. And if he expiates for it with the expiation for an oath, it is perhaps good, because some of the scholars of knowledge said that. So the matter is broad in this, but the important thing is repentance and seeking forgiveness. That is, the important thing is that if he makes a covenant and breaks it, he seeks Allah's forgiveness and repents to Him and does not return to it. This is obligatory upon the believer, whether he seeks forgiveness for them all or for each one individually. Yes.

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