What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a man who swore an oath to his wife that she would not spend the night with him in the house during a quarrel, then their life together returned to normal?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If a husband swears that his wife will not spend a certain night with him, and that night passes and she returns, then there is no breaking of the oath. However, if he swears that she will never spend the night with him, and then she returns, he is obligated to offer expiation for breaking an oath: feeding ten poor persons, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find any of these, then he must fast for three days.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/42578
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 42578
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy