I vowed an amount sufficient to build a mosque; do I receive the reward for building a mosque?
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Question:
A message sent by one of the listening brothers, saying: Your Muslim brother (Abu T. L.), an Egyptian resident in the Kingdom, has a collection of questions, one of which says: If I vowed five thousand Egyptian pounds to Allah, and this amount could be sufficient to build a small mosque in my village, do I receive the reward for building this mosque? Or is the reward only for fulfilling the vow? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If you make a vow to Allah, meaning in dirhams or otherwise, you must fulfill it as you vowed, and as you intended, without changing it. So if you say: "It is obligatory upon me to give five thousand in charity," and your intention is for the poor, give it to the poor. If your intention is to build a mosque with it, that is your intention; so build a mosque with it. And if your intention is to renovate a school for teaching the Qur'an and the noble Hadith, likewise. If your intention is to spend it on the mujahideen in the path of Allah, it is according to your intention; due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 1.
So it is obligatory upon you to spend the vow in the direction you intended or explicitly stated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2126Sahih (Darussalam), and Allah has praised those who fulfill their vows, saying the Exalted in Surat al-Insan: [al-Insan:7], meaning: the righteous believers [al-Insan:7], and He says the Exalted: [al-Baqarah:270], meaning: He will reward you for it .
So it is obligatory upon everyone who vows a vow of obedience to fulfill the vow as he vowed, in a mosque, in charity for the poor, in renovating a school for teaching the Islamic sciences, for the mujahideen in the path of Allah, in any act of drawing near to Allah from the acts of good.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
A message sent by one of the listening brothers, saying: Your Muslim brother (Abu T. L.), an Egyptian resident in the Kingdom, has a collection of questions, one of which says: If I vowed five thousand Egyptian pounds to Allah, and this amount could be sufficient to build a small mosque in my village, do I receive the reward for building this mosque? Or is the reward only for fulfilling the vow? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If you make a vow to Allah, meaning in dirhams or otherwise, you must fulfill it as you vowed, and as you intended, without changing it. So if you say: "It is obligatory upon me to give five thousand in charity," and your intention is for the poor, give it to the poor. If your intention is to build a mosque with it, that is your intention; so build a mosque with it. And if your intention is to renovate a school for teaching the Qur'an and the noble Hadith, likewise. If your intention is to spend it on the mujahideen in the path of Allah, it is according to your intention; due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىSo it is obligatory upon you to spend the vow in the direction you intended or explicitly stated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him, and whoever vows to disobey Allah, let him not disobey Him.
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعه، ومن نذر أن يعصي الله فلا يعصهThey fulfill their vows
يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِThey [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.
يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًاAnd whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allah knows of it
وَمَا أَنفَقْتُمْ مِنْ نَفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُمْ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُSo it is obligatory upon everyone who vows a vow of obedience to fulfill the vow as he vowed, in a mosque, in charity for the poor, in renovating a school for teaching the Islamic sciences, for the mujahideen in the path of Allah, in any act of drawing near to Allah from the acts of good.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
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