What must a smoker do after vowing to quit smoking, then only lasting one day before returning to smoking?
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Refraining from smoking is obligatory. The majority of scholars hold that a vow () is not valid for something already obligatory because a vow is an obligation one places upon oneself for an act of devotion that is not already binding, whereas an obligatory act is already binding. However, Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is of the opinion that expiation () is required, as these contracts and covenants necessitate a second obligation. Abandoning them entails abandoning what is obligatory both by divine law and by the vow, and this is more cautious and more absolving of one's responsibility.
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