Oaths

What to do if intention/ Niyat is made for any good deeds and then we come to know that it’s innovation, so do we need to break that intention/Niyat and is there any kaffara/compensation for breaking intention of good deeds?

Oaths

13 Jan

ANSWER: You must not fulfill it if it’s an innovation and must expiate for breaking the oath.

For expiation of breaking a promise made to Allah, can we feed a poor person 10 times (e.g housemaid) or two people 5 times each?

Oaths

12 Jan

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. It must be 10 different poor muslims.

Is a promise made by a man just saying ‘ i will bring u this or that’ or is a promise made when he/she adds ‘ i promise to bring you this or that or wallahi i will bring you this or that’? Basically is a promise made without using the word promise or wallahi, as one has to give expiation for breaking that.

06 Nov

ANSWER: If one promises another person to do something, it is an issue of dispute whether he is sinful for not fulfilling his promise or not. The most authentic opinion is that he is not sinful if he intended to fulfill and couldn’t! But if he intended from the beginning to break it, he is […]

I watched your video on offering Kafarah if you go back to a sin after ‘telling Allah’ you won’t go back to it. Sheikh whenever we repent, isn’t it a condition that we make a commitment when making the Tawbah to Allah, that we won’t go back to the sin. But sometimes we may end up doing that sin again,& after watching ur video I got the impression that we have to offer Kafarah also

Oaths, Sins

26 Oct

ANSWER: You make a commitment not to commit the sin while repenting, however it’s not done verbally and it is just a firm intention of the heart. https://youtu.be/2-SB5SccnIs

Few months ago I took Allaah’s oath and told my mom that I would not talk to dad, as she(my mom) wanted this, but now for some reason I want to talk to my dad and I am getting thoughts that I want to talk to dad so is it permissible for me to tell my mom that, Now I end/finish Allaah’s oath and now if I want I will speak to dad, (As I don’t want to sin by breaking Allaah’s oath) please help

Fiqh of the family, Oaths

03 Oct

ANSWER: You must immediately break this oath and talk to your father as it’s one of the major sins to be disrespectful towards your parents let alone stop talking! He is your middle gate to Paradise and Allah will be angry with you until you ask forgiveness from your father. Expiate this breaking of oath […]

Recently i watched a movie (which had a little too much show of hindu idols) and i felt really guilty and said o Allah i will not watch such movies (no intention of oath) Is expiation for this oath possible? Do I need to declare my intention to the receivers?

Oaths, Sports, Entertainment and Music

28 Sep

ANSWER: As long as you addressed Allah, this is an oath. You must abide by it as watching such stuff is prohibited even without any oath! If you didn’t verbally utter it and it was only in your mind, you don’t need to expiate but it is still sinful. When you feed the poor people […]

Honourable sheikh,I intended to give some money in a mosque,then I heard that it’s better to give charity to the needy relatives.Now,can I give that money to my uncle and my grandmother as they are not solvent though I intended to give it to mosque.Is this ok to give them?

Charity, Oaths

24 Sep

ANSWER: If you just intended it without vowing it verbally, you can change your intention.

I feel like I have made a lot of oaths to Allah.some I know clearly. Some I don’t. I have obsessive thinking. It’s making me confused. Im getting depressed because of this. I don’t know what to do.

Oaths

02 Sep

ANSWER: Only the oaths that you remember count.

From my understanding yameen refers to during in the past e.g. wallahi fulan did such and such, but nadhr refers to the future e.g. wallahi I will do such and such, but I am also confused. Can you write the definition of both if possible??

Oaths

01 Sep

ANSWER: This is not correct. Yameen is an oath whether in the future or the present or the past. Nathr is a vow or a pledge and one says it to obligate it upon himself to do a certain form or worship.

I’ve seen many people taking vows, such as If I get this job I’ll offer 30 rakahs of voluntary prayers or if I get an A plus I’ll give this amount of money in charity. Does Islam support it??

Oaths

30 Jun

ANSWER: This is not recommended as you are making obligatory upon yourself something that Allah did not obligate you with, but if someone has vowed to do something halal, by taking Allah’s name, he must fulfill it.

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