Is a vow to fast for two months considered valid if it was not uttered initially, but rather communicated later in the past tense? And is expiation required for it?
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What transpired from you is not considered a vow (), because a vow is not established by mere intention. It requires a verbal utterance that indicates commitment. As for what your mother told you, that you had made a vow, it appears to be merely an incorrect report, and therefore, nothing is binding therein.
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