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Expiation For Vows

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Darussalam · Volume 4

35. The Book Of Oaths And Vows

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الحديث: 3832 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 26

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3863. It was narrated from 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The expiation for vows is the expiation for an oath." (Sahīh)

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3832 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْوَزِيرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «كَفَّارَةُ النَّذْرِ كَفَّارَةُ الْيَمِينِ»

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And the expiation of an oath is explicitly mentioned in the Glorious Qur'ān. To feed ten people who are needy, or to clothe them (provide them with clothing), or to free a slave. If one is unable to do any of the three, one shall have to fast for three days. And this is the expiation for a vow or Nadhr, provided one has not vowed for more than this. If the vow is concerning food, clothes, money, or freeing of a slave, then the stipulated vow shall have to be fulfilled. This expiation is in the event when the vow is dubious, or is concerning some other work, and the taker of the vow does not find himself capable of fulfilling that vow, or the vow relates to disobedience. If the vow is regarding something good, and if one is capable of fulfilling it, then one ought to fulfill the vow itself.