What are the implications of the oath "By Allah, I will not leave him unless he leaves me" if it is not fulfilled after problems and separation occur?
If you swore not to leave your fiancé unless he left you, and then you left him before he left you, you have broken your oath and must offer an expiation for breaking an oath: feeding ten poor persons, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If you cannot find any of these, then fasting for three days. It is sufficient to give each poor person a meal or one and a half kilograms of rice.
There is no harm in breaking off an engagement by either party, as it is a non-binding promise. Breaking it off without a reason is disliked (), but not forbidden (). You are not obligated to remain engaged or to return to the suitor. It is permissible to place one's hand on the Qur'an when taking an oath to emphasize it, and it is permissible to swear by the Qur'an itself because it is the word of Allah Almighty.
Note: The suitor is a non- to his fiancée. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to be in seclusion with her, touch her, or look at her, except for the purpose of the engagement itself.
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