Expiation for a Repeated Oath on a Single Matter
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Finally, the brother (S. M. T) from Riyadh says in his letter: A dispute arose between me and my brothers, so I swore by Allah as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky, and I repeated this. I now want to reconcile with them and return to them, but I do not know if all this swearing counts, or if one expiation is sufficient for all of it, or if each oath requires its own expiation?
Answer: Consult the mufti in your country, or the court in your country, and they will look into your case with the woman and her guardian.
The presenter: This, O Shaykh, is merely a dispute between him and his brothers, so he swore by Allah as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky that he would not speak to them, meaning: it is not a divorce. Yes.
The Shaykh: Did he say: I divorced?
The presenter: No.
The Shaykh: What does he say... he repeated?
The presenter: ...He says: I differed with my brothers and got angry at them, so I swore by Allah as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky, and I repeated this, that I would not speak to them and would not give them money. But now I have repented and want to return to them, so I do not know how to expiate this oath?
Answer: You have only one expiation for an oath, O my brother, even if you repeated it a hundred times; because it is an oath on one thing, which is not speaking to them. So you must expiate for that with one expiation, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you feed ten people, whether you host them for dinner or lunch, or give each one half a sa' of dates or rice, that is sufficient. And if you clothe them, that is sufficient; because your intention was to prevent speaking with them. If you do this, it is sufficient, whether you do it before speaking to them or after speaking to them. (I will not speak to them) And what about after "I will not speak to them"?
The presenter: He does not speak to them and does not give them money..?
The Shaykh: Likewise, if you give them your money, it becomes a second expiation, an expiation for the speech and an expiation for giving the money, if you give them money. So it becomes two expiations, an expiation for the money and an expiation for the speech. Yes.
The presenter: But his saying: as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky?
The Shaykh: Even if it does not harm, even if he said: By Allah, then by Allah... by Allah, even if he repeated it, yes, the thing sworn upon is one... it is the speech and the non-giving of money. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you, the criterion is the thing sworn upon, yes, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah bless you.
Answer: Consult the mufti in your country, or the court in your country, and they will look into your case with the woman and her guardian.
The presenter: This, O Shaykh, is merely a dispute between him and his brothers, so he swore by Allah as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky that he would not speak to them, meaning: it is not a divorce. Yes.
The Shaykh: Did he say: I divorced?
The presenter: No.
The Shaykh: What does he say... he repeated?
The presenter: ...He says: I differed with my brothers and got angry at them, so I swore by Allah as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky, and I repeated this, that I would not speak to them and would not give them money. But now I have repented and want to return to them, so I do not know how to expiate this oath?
Answer: You have only one expiation for an oath, O my brother, even if you repeated it a hundred times; because it is an oath on one thing, which is not speaking to them. So you must expiate for that with one expiation, which is feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you feed ten people, whether you host them for dinner or lunch, or give each one half a sa' of dates or rice, that is sufficient. And if you clothe them, that is sufficient; because your intention was to prevent speaking with them. If you do this, it is sufficient, whether you do it before speaking to them or after speaking to them. (I will not speak to them) And what about after "I will not speak to them"?
The presenter: He does not speak to them and does not give them money..?
The Shaykh: Likewise, if you give them your money, it becomes a second expiation, an expiation for the speech and an expiation for giving the money, if you give them money. So it becomes two expiations, an expiation for the money and an expiation for the speech. Yes.
The presenter: But his saying: as many times as there are things on earth and in the sky?
The Shaykh: Even if it does not harm, even if he said: By Allah, then by Allah... by Allah, even if he repeated it, yes, the thing sworn upon is one... it is the speech and the non-giving of money. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you, the criterion is the thing sworn upon, yes, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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