QUESTION: A person isnt sure how many oaths they broke. They made an oath about not doing something but broke it, then took the same oath and broke it again. Other oaths were about past, i.e. they said/texted “by Allah I didn’t say/do this”, but they don’t remember if they really didn’t say/do it. The person doesn’t remember how many times both of cases happened. What should the person do?

Oaths
11 Dec

ANSWER: If one made an oath that he did not do something but was lying, there is no expiation for this as it is too grave and serious to be expiated.

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QUESTION: Sheikh in Pakistan and India lot of people say that if we take fake oath of someone then that person dies.For example ayesha took fake oath of amna so amna will die because ayesha took her fake oath.Is it true??

Oaths
13 Aug

ANSWER: This is totally baseless, fabricated and nonsense!

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QUESTION: I hope you are doing well, I ive in a non-muslim contry and I found a muslim named organisation that spends for kaffarah as I saw on their Web…but when I said “kafarah to be shared with 10 grown muslims” they replied that they don’t discriminate between race, religion or gender. Is my zakat and kafarah valid, cuz I already paid it.

Oaths, Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: No, it’s not valid. It must be only given to Muslims. You must pay again to poor and needy Muslims.

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QUESTION: I said “wallahi this person was the one who burnt the plastic bowl” and then another person said no it was this one, the one I claimed also agreed with her and it felt more accurate to me but I still have doubt, should I fast 3 days as an expiation?

Oaths
16 Mar

ANSWER: Oaths that must be expiated are oaths over things in the future such as wallahi I will do this or I won’t do that. Oaths over things in the past don’t require expiation. If a person lied on purpose, this is sinful and known as “dipping” oath that dips the person in hell. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh is it permissible to make a vow to Allah stating that you will not do a particular sin for a period of time and is such a vow valid?

Oaths, Sins
30 Nov

ANSWER: This is not permissible as you must refrain from sinning indefinitely.

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For giving Kafaarat yameen, can I give as uncooked raw rice and how much should be the quantity of uncooked raw rice to be given per poor person? Also can i know, If it’s cooked rice how much should be the quantity? Jazak Allah

Oaths, Punishments
14 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in giving them raw food: 1.125 kg per person of rice. 

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Is it allowed to give food for the same 10 poor Muslims if i have more than 1 kaffarah as an expiration? Or should I find 10 different poor Muslims for each kaffarah?

Oaths
21 Jul

ANSWER: If you are paying 3 kaffarah by feeding 10 poor people 3 times, you can feed the same 10 people, one kaffarah at a time without a problem  What is not permissible is to feed a person more than once per kaffarah.

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I have a lot of kaffarah alyameen to do, is it okay if I pay to a charity organization the amount of money needed once every month and they bring it out to the poor as food?

Oaths
14 Jul

ANSWER: If you don’t have the money to feed or clothe 10 poor Muslims per oath, you must fast 3 days for each broken oath. You must not delay it till every month! You must also not give it to any organization as they must feed only poor Muslims. If you are not certain of […]

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If someone has a lot of incomplete kaffaras and there is no one who can give those kaffaras after him/her die, what do he/she do? Will he/she be burnt in hellfire?

Oaths, Other
05 Sep

ANSWER: This is in Allah’s hands. Generally speaking, if she was doing her best to fulfill them and died while not completing then there’s nothing on her.

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I have watched ur videos on combining intentions in voluntary prayers.So can one combine his vow of praying 2 rakah daily, with any sunnah(of fard salah) or voluntary prayer(Eg:Duha)

Oaths, Prayer
04 Aug

ANSWER: If he vowed to offer 2 voluntary rakah, this can be combined with any voluntary rakah such as duha prayers and the sunnah prayers as well.

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