Is the wife obligated to continue fasting on Thursdays for life, despite divorce and subsequent reconciliation, given her commitment to fasting on Mondays to fulfill another vow?
A conditional vow is one that is contingent upon the occurrence of a specific event. Its ruling is that if the vowed act is an act of obedience and the stipulated condition is met, then it becomes obligatory to fulfill it, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him. And whoever vows to disobey Allah, let him not disobey Him." Fulfillment of such a vow is obligatory by consensus of the scholars. However, the woman must clarify her intention regarding the cessation of conflict: does she mean the cessation of the specific conflict present at the time of the vow, or the complete cessation of all conflict, never to return? It should be known that vowing is originally disliked, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, it does not avert anything; it merely extracts from the miser."
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