Oaths and Vows

This subtopic gathers questions on swearing by God and breaking an oath, with its expiation. It also holds vows, their binding force and expiation, and conditional oaths that are not divorce formulas.

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Oaths sworn by divorce belong under Divorce Wording, Oaths and Conditions.

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Is stitching the shoulder considered part of the back, such that an oath sworn about my brother having surgery on his back would not be considered a lie, and what is the ruling on this oath, knowing that I was unaware of him having surgery on his back, and is this an oath (yamin ghamus) that necessitates expiation or not, and what are its consequences on the Day of Judgment?
Is a person considered to have made a covenant with God to abandon sin unknowingly, if they intended that, then stopped praying, and thoughts occurred to them leading to a feeling that the covenant is still valid?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who falsely swore upon the Quran before a judge that he did not hit a person or flee the scene of an accident, while he had only caused a minor scratch to his car?
What is the ruling on swearing by " 'alayya al-haram" (it is forbidden for me) to do something and then doing it, and swearing by "wallahi" (by God) not to long for something and then longing for it, and swearing by "wallahi" not to move from a job and then moving and returning?
What is the ruling on the succession of vows involving prayer and adjusting them by increasing the number of rak'ahs based on the importance of the need, taking into consideration praying some of these rak'ahs quickly and counting the regular sunnah prayers among them?
Is he who swore by the Qur'an that he would not return to masturbation, then returned to it, considered to have broken his oath?
Does unintentionally seeing a naked woman, hearing talk about women, and the release of maniyy or madhyy, without masturbation, nullify the covenant with Allah to abandon masturbation and watching pornographic films?
Does the statement: "Allah will bring me gold, and I will spend gold" count as a new vow, even if the speaker did not intend to make a vow?
Is what I vowed considered a vow or a pledge if I asked Allah to fulfill something in exchange for donating a sum of money throughout my life, and does it carry the reward of charity?
What is the ruling regarding someone who swore inadvertently not to wear a specific pair of shoes, and then wore them?
Is the hamza in the word "shay'" written on the ya' ("شيء") or separately from it ("شي ء"), and is expiation obligatory for one who swore that it is written on the ya' if that is incorrect?
What is the ruling on someone who vowed to stop masturbating and to pay 100 Riyals for each instance, then proceeded to do it more than 50 times? Is he obligated to fulfill the vow for every single instance?
Is holding the mobile phone to read a post without scrolling considered a breach of an oath to refrain from opening a specific application?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for the oaths sworn by the questioner out of ignorance of the ruling concerning oaths and expiation, and for the oaths that were not intended?
Is it obligatory to read the two vowed parts of the Holy Quran after the departure of the woman for whom one vowed to read them daily upon her return, then they separated again?
Is expiation binding upon someone who made a mistake while certain that he did not swear an oath not to commit this mistake, yet his soul suggests to him that he did swear such an oath?
What is the ruling on one who vowed to perform the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) in exchange for concealment from a sin he committed at the beginning of his puberty?
Is expiation obligatory for one who falsely swore under pressure from the teacher not to maintain prayer, and then did not maintain it?
Is prostration of thankfulness sufficient fulfillment of an oath to perform two rak'ahs of prayer in gratitude to Allah, based on the absence of a 'prayer of thankfulness' in Islam?
Is the husband's repeated request for a specific type of food considered a solution for an oath sworn by the wife not to prepare it unless he requests it from her, or is expiation for the oath required of her?
Is an expiation (kaffarah) for a broken oath obligatory for someone who swore by Allah that if he were to interrupt his prayer, he would be an infidel or would have worshipped other than Allah, and then he interrupted it? And is expiation obligatory when there is doubt about the wording of the oath? And is it permissible to delay it?
Does a vow to abandon masturbation—which is toying with the hand or inserting something into the vagina to reach climax—include masturbation by thinking or by rubbing any object from the outside? And does the vow necessitate fasting every time semen is discharged? And what are the consequences of repeating the act at the same moment?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who swore an oath not to harm his siblings, but then broke his oath without harming them?
What is the ruling on someone who swore – whether in his heart or with his tongue – not to repeat an act of worship, then repeated it out of forgetfulness or unawareness of his oath, or repeated it intentionally under the influence of obsessive whisperings (waswas)?

Oaths and Vows

Is a person considered to have made a covenant with God to abandon sin unknowingly, if they intended that, then stopped praying, and thoughts occurred to them leading to a feeling that the covenant is still valid?

Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who falsely swore upon the Quran before a judge that he did not hit a person or flee the scene of an accident, while he had only caused a minor scratch to his car?

What is the ruling on swearing by " 'alayya al-haram" (it is forbidden for me) to do something and then doing it, and swearing by "wallahi" (by God) not to long for something and then longing for it, and swearing by "wallahi" not to move from a job and then moving and returning?

What is the ruling on the succession of vows involving prayer and adjusting them by increasing the number of rak'ahs based on the importance of the need, taking into consideration praying some of these rak'ahs quickly and counting the regular sunnah prayers among them?

Is he who swore by the Qur'an that he would not return to masturbation, then returned to it, considered to have broken his oath?

Does unintentionally seeing a naked woman, hearing talk about women, and the release of maniyy or madhyy, without masturbation, nullify the covenant with Allah to abandon masturbation and watching pornographic films?

Does the statement: "Allah will bring me gold, and I will spend gold" count as a new vow, even if the speaker did not intend to make a vow?

Is what I vowed considered a vow or a pledge if I asked Allah to fulfill something in exchange for donating a sum of money throughout my life, and does it carry the reward of charity?

What is the ruling regarding someone who swore inadvertently not to wear a specific pair of shoes, and then wore them?

Is the hamza in the word "shay'" written on the ya' ("شيء") or separately from it ("شي ء"), and is expiation obligatory for one who swore that it is written on the ya' if that is incorrect?

What is the ruling on someone who vowed to stop masturbating and to pay 100 Riyals for each instance, then proceeded to do it more than 50 times? Is he obligated to fulfill the vow for every single instance?

Is holding the mobile phone to read a post without scrolling considered a breach of an oath to refrain from opening a specific application?

Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for the oaths sworn by the questioner out of ignorance of the ruling concerning oaths and expiation, and for the oaths that were not intended?

Is it obligatory to read the two vowed parts of the Holy Quran after the departure of the woman for whom one vowed to read them daily upon her return, then they separated again?

Is expiation binding upon someone who made a mistake while certain that he did not swear an oath not to commit this mistake, yet his soul suggests to him that he did swear such an oath?

What is the ruling on one who vowed to perform the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) in exchange for concealment from a sin he committed at the beginning of his puberty?

Is expiation obligatory for one who falsely swore under pressure from the teacher not to maintain prayer, and then did not maintain it?

Is prostration of thankfulness sufficient fulfillment of an oath to perform two rak'ahs of prayer in gratitude to Allah, based on the absence of a 'prayer of thankfulness' in Islam?

Is the husband's repeated request for a specific type of food considered a solution for an oath sworn by the wife not to prepare it unless he requests it from her, or is expiation for the oath required of her?

Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who swore an oath not to harm his siblings, but then broke his oath without harming them?

What is the ruling on someone who swore – whether in his heart or with his tongue – not to repeat an act of worship, then repeated it out of forgetfulness or unawareness of his oath, or repeated it intentionally under the influence of obsessive whisperings (waswas)?