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What is the religious ruling on a person who swore an oath by divorce that his wife would not go to her family, and then he did not fulfill his oath? And is it permissible for someone who vowed a sum of money for reading the Qur’an to spend it on another charitable act, such as charity or giving it to a mosque that does not have an endowment?

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A vow must be fulfilled in the manner for which it was designated, and it is not permissible to use it for anything else, based on the words of Allah Almighty: "And let them fulfill their vows."

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