The ruling on one who vows to refrain from a forbidden act and then commits it
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Question:
Also, regarding the same issue, he vowed to fast ten days if he smoked, and then he fell into the same problem and smoked?
Answer:
There is no power or might except in Allah. There is no doubt that he must fulfill the vow... He must repeat, repeat his vow, he must repeat the vow... Yes.
The presenter: He says: He vowed upon himself to fast ten days if he smoked again, so he smoked.
Answer: This is like what was mentioned earlier regarding the details:
If he intended to restrain himself by it, as is apparent, meaning he only intended to abstain, then fasting is not obligatory upon him, and the expiation for an oath suffices for him. If he fasts, that suffices and is enough.
And if he intended it as an act of devotion to Allah, and that he would fast if he did that, and his purpose was not abstention, then he must fast. But the context of people and their custom in such cases is that their purpose is abstention, and that they want to restrain themselves by fasting.
So if he did it, he must repent to Allah, and he has erred and made a mistake; because smoking is forbidden, and he owes the expiation for an oath if he does not fast. If he fasts, that suffices for him.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Also, regarding the same issue, he vowed to fast ten days if he smoked, and then he fell into the same problem and smoked?
Answer:
There is no power or might except in Allah. There is no doubt that he must fulfill the vow... He must repeat, repeat his vow, he must repeat the vow... Yes.
The presenter: He says: He vowed upon himself to fast ten days if he smoked again, so he smoked.
Answer: This is like what was mentioned earlier regarding the details:
If he intended to restrain himself by it, as is apparent, meaning he only intended to abstain, then fasting is not obligatory upon him, and the expiation for an oath suffices for him. If he fasts, that suffices and is enough.
And if he intended it as an act of devotion to Allah, and that he would fast if he did that, and his purpose was not abstention, then he must fast. But the context of people and their custom in such cases is that their purpose is abstention, and that they want to restrain themselves by fasting.
So if he did it, he must repent to Allah, and he has erred and made a mistake; because smoking is forbidden, and he owes the expiation for an oath if he does not fast. If he fasts, that suffices for him.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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