It is common that everybody swears several times every day, intentionally and unintentionally. Is it permissible for such a person to make a single expiation for these oaths? Noting that he has repented of doing this. May Allaah Reward you.
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I have to feed ten needy people as expiation for breaking an oath, but I cannot find eligible recipients of the expiation in my country. I know that people here can afford food but some are burdened with debts or delayed taxes that are due or need to get married and cannot afford the costs or cannot pay the utility bills that are due and the like. What.. More
Is it permissible to take an oath by the parts of the Bible that were not altered and distorted, as it is a Divine Book, just as we swear on the Quran, as it is the Speech of Allaah The Exalted?.. More
An authority asked somebody to take an oath on the Mus-haf before a certain person. He previously knew that if he told the truth this would bring about harm upon a righteous man. So, he took the oath and gave a false answer. What is the ruling on his oath? What is he required to do?.. More
In a state of anger I said to one of my children: "(I swear) By (making your mother) unlawful (for me), if you do so and so I will not let you go to such and such a place in the future." If he goes to such a place, will it be counted as one incident of divorce?.. More
In the past, whenever I felt angry, I used to say, "By Allaah, The Great, I will not do this." But I did not make expiation for breaking my oaths. I have forgotten the number of those oaths. What should I do? May Allaah Reward you... More
A Christian woman who is married to a Muslim man made a vow that if she gave birth to a boy, she would fast Ramadhaan five times (i.e. observe fasting on Ramadhaan for five years). Later on, she embraced Islam and wanted to fulfill her vow, but she cannot make up for all these fasts. What is the religious ruling in this regard? What should she do? What.. More
I was required to make a minor expiation. A Shaykh advised me to pay the equivalent of the food as money. This occurred years ago. Now, I entertain doubts about the validity of what I did. Do I now have to give food in place of the previously paid money? I am in contact with some needy people now. If I give food to needy people now, will the money I.. More
I was angry and swore by Allaah that I will not phone my friend again. But now I want to phone him. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on my oath? Am I guilty for making such an oath? .. More
My paternal aunt made me swear on the Quran (Mus-haf) that I should not talk to certain people, who are not close to me. Before I took that oath, I intended to exclude one person from those people, but I did not inform my paternal aunt of that. Is it permissible for me to talk to this person? If I broke this oath and talked to those people again, what.. More
One day, I took an oath that if I ever committed a certain sin - which I used to commit - I would fast a day each time I committed it. At the beginning I kept that oath and fasted a day for each time I committed that sin. But, it did not take long before I once again committed this sin and it became hard for me to keep the oath and fast all these days... More