FILED UNDER: ANS Fast, ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Oaths, ANS Repentance, ANS-General, Commanding the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
TAGGED WITH:: expiation, expiation (kaffara), expiation for oaths, kaffara
/by YusufUstadh Tabraze Azam is asked if it is sinful to delay an expiation fast for breaking an oath. Is it sinful to delay fast for an oath expiation? Yes, it is considered to be religiously sinful to delay the mandatory expiation (kaffara) of a nullified oath (yamin), unless you have a reasonable excuse to do […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Adab, ANS Living Religion, ANS Oaths, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: expiation (kaffara), expiation for breaking an oath, kaffara
/by YusufUstadh Farid Dingle answers a question about expiation for broken oaths. I have been gaining weight recently. In an attempt to curb that, I made an oath to Allah, saying “Wallahi, I will not drink any soda for the month of December.” However, at work, I just went about my day and having completely forgotten […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Oaths
TAGGED WITH:: boy scouts, honor, oaths, pacts, swearing
/by YusufShaykh Farid Dingle is asked about the permissibility of taking the Boy Scout’s oath or swearing to do something on one’s honor. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I am writing to you because I need guidance on something. Bismillah. I have decided to become a den leader for my daughter’s Cub Scout […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Oaths
TAGGED WITH:: breaking oath
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question: Assalamu alaykum I made an oath that if commit a certain sin then I will fast 40 days. Due to temptation I have committed that very sin. Do I have to fast for 40 days? Answer: As-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh I pray you are well. You may […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Oaths
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum I have fed poor people for the expiation of an oath at a time in which I did not pray properly. Was my expiation accepted? I am basing my doubt upon the Hadith that states that a person deeds are not accepted if he missed the Asr […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Oaths
TAGGED WITH:: breaking an oath
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam Aleykum, I have been suffering from severe waswasa (baseless misgivings). To stop myself, I swore on Allah’s name that if I do not stop now I will be a disbeliever. I was not able to keep the oath. Am I a disbeliever now? I have also had my […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Islamic Belief, ANS Oaths
TAGGED WITH:: chastity, disbelief, vow
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum I have been ashamed to ask Allah for anything since I broke the promise I made to Him to protect my chastity. I have been seeking for Allah’s forgiveness ever since. But I feel like I can no longer be believer. How can I become a believer […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Oaths
TAGGED WITH:: expiation, kafara, oath, promise
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salamu alaykum, I have made many oaths/promises to Allah, mostly out of stress after committing a sin or because of other reasons. I don’t even remember how many oaths I made (not even an estimate), and don’t even remember what many of those oaths were. What can I […]
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