Is it permissible to retract a vow made to Allah not to do a certain thing without falling into sin?
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If the covenant is to abandon an obligatory matter, such as backbiting and reviling, then it is not permissible to retract it, because abandoning what is forbidden is originally obligatory. If a person breaks his covenant, he has sinned and is liable for an expiation for breaking an oath.
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