Yamin
*Yamin* is an oath: a statement made firmer by swearing on God's name or one of God's attributes.
What it means for me: Most questions about yamin arrive after the fact: I swore, then I did the opposite anyway. That break is called hinth, breaking the oath. A mufti asks for your exact words and your intention when you swore. The answer turns on both, not on your regret afterward.
Example: A father swore in anger not to speak to his son, then regretted it that same day. His question is not about the anger or the son. It is about the oath itself: did it take hold or not?
Do not confuse with: *Nadhr*, a vow. Yamin is an oath sworn by God's name; nadhr is a binding commitment to an act of devotion.
If scholars differ: Some scholars hold that repeating the same oath many times, then breaking it once, requires one expiation only. Others hold that each repetition requires its own expiation. The difference is named here as a difference and not decided; the mufti is the reference.
See the term in context
Is my oath that the contract is valid and that my sister's husband received the amount from me considered a false oath (yamin ghamus) or a vain oath (yamin laghw), knowing that he affirmed in the contract that he received the amount willingly, and that I did not pay him anything, but my mother confirmed that it was a debt owed by him to her?
The determining factor in contracts lies in their intentions and meanings, not in their words and structures. Therefore, if a contract is written in the form of a sale with a received price, contrary to the actual…
Is what happened considered a vow that must be fulfilled, and is expiation for breaking an oath (kaffarat yamin) required if it is not fulfilled, and is the expiation repeated with the repetition of the sin, knowing that I suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Scholars have differed regarding the vow to abandon a sin. Some view it as not being binding because it is a foregone conclusion. Others, however, consider it binding and necessitate an expiation for breaking an oath…
How many expiations for oaths (kaffarat al-yamin) are incumbent upon me after I swore five times that something would not happen, but it actually did?
A Muslim should not swear an oath except when necessary and concerning a confirmed matter. If he swears an oath based on his strong belief that something will not happen, then there is no expiation (kaffarah) required…
Questions that use it
What is the difference between the Righteous (al-Abrar), the Pious (al-Muttaqin), and the Companions of the Right (Ashab al-Yamin)?
Is there a way to annul the divorce vow (yamin al-talaq) uttered by the husband to his wife: "You are divorced if you visit so-and-so," especially since he clarified to her that he intended it as a divorce of separation and not a divorce of threat, while his original intention was to threaten and prevent?
Is intentionally swearing by Allah a lie (al-yamin al-ghamūs) considered polytheism (shirk) with Allah?