Nadim Bashir – Revival #19 – Oaths, Promises and Vows

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viewers around the world wherever you may be, ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to accept from all of us,
may Allah subhanaw taala accept our pm our CM, may Allah subhanaw taala accept our to our our sadaqa
all the good that we do, may Allah subhanaw taala accept all of them, and especially May Allah
accept our Dwyer's that we make in the month of Ramadan Amira, Rabbil Alameen first of all, I want
to say that with the last 10 days of Ramadan dawning upon us very soon, I asked Allah subhanho wa
		

			taala. And I implore you all, that he, first of all, it gives us the ability to accelerate and we do
as much as good that we can, in these last 10 nights of Ramadan, let's push ourselves to the limit,
Inshallah, let's try to do more and more, this is what we learned from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam that in the first 20 days of Ramadan, he will already accelerate himself, he will always
he will already do so much more. But in the last 10 nights, he will do even more. So this is why
let's try to do everything that we can, this is the last and this is where we have to give
everything that we have. And subhanAllah just to give you a you know, an example, you know,
		

			subhanAllah I give this example when it comes to sports, that when it comes to the last you like
when it comes to the end of a game, or if you watch cricket the last over or if you watch like you
know, car racing the last lap. Um, the last is always the most crucial time you gotta pay close
attention to that that time and making sure that you know, who comes first who comes second, who
wins, who loses. So this is what Ramadan is, in the same way, making sure that we push ourselves in
these last night's Ramadan. So Allah Subhana Allah, you've all of us to have the ability to do more
and more immunoblotted Amin
		

			continuing with our series of revival, the revival of faith and Iman, and what are the branches of
Iman and where are the branches of faith? Today I want to take a little different one in the last
two days, I talked about justice, I talked about the importance of encouraging good in joining good,
forbidding evil. Today I want to take some other branches of faith that Imam alibi happy has
mentioned in his book Jami really sharpen Eman and today I'm taking three of them in sha Allah and
I'm going to try to combine all three of them, because all three of them have to do with fulfilling
something. So the very first one that we'll be talking about is to fulfill a vow that we have made
		

			to Allah subhanho wa taala. The second one is that if we have made a vow or an oath, that is not
sinful, then we have to make sure that we fulfill that. And not only that, but the next one is to
pay any Kuffar odd or pay any expiation as a result of that Cafaro and as a result of not fulfilling
the oath or the the oath or the another than in that case, we have to always give a FARA or if we
break an oath, there is like a photo there is an explanation. So let's try to go through all this
inshallah quickly once again, I cannot cover every single thing. I'm going to try to summarize it as
the best to my ability in sha Allah. So first of all, is that at a very high level, at a very high
		

			level, there is something called giving and doing everything that we can for Allah subhanho wa Taala
and you know, giving everything that we have for Allah subhanho wa Taala in essence, we owe
everything to Allah subhanho wa Taala we have taken a vow, we have taken an oath, that we will
acknowledge Allah as being our Arab, and we will stick to that and we will live according to that.
So for example, going back to the story, that when Allah subhanho wa Taala had put all of us in
front of him and we all were standing in front of him, and he says ls to be Rob become, Am I not
your Lord, and ALLAH SubhanA was and we all said, Bella, indeed you are our You are our Lord. So
		

			this is why when we said this, that Allah subhanaw taala is our Rob. That means that we acknowledge
the fact that he is the one who is going to do our tarbiyah the word therapy comes to the word rub.
That means that Allah is going to look after our affairs. And not only that, but we learned through
the the SMA SIFAT of Allah subhanho wa Taala the names of the attributes of Allah subhana wa Tada
how Allah is the Giver, how Allah is the One who takes care of us, and He is the one who looks after
all of our affairs in this dunya and so Allah subhanaw taala is the one that we always are going to
give everything that we have for as once again Ibraheem Alehissalaam his demeanor and his attitude
		

			In masala tea, or no Sookie WOMMA Yaya or Mati here or below, I mean, my Salaat my nusach my
everything that I do good that I do is not just only reference to hydrogen and the rights of
hydrogen, but every good that I do, then it is only for Allah subhanho wa Taala my living in my
dying is for Allah subhanho wa taala. So at a very high level, we talked about, we talked about
fulfilling our vow to Allah subhanho wa taala. Now, coming coming down to some of the more important
aspects of these three topics, let's talk about them very quickly. And number one is that there are
three different things we have to understand. Number one is that there's something called promises.
		

			There's something called there's something called promises. There's something called oaths and
there's something called vows. And usually we take all these three concepts and we you know, we mix
them up, we're not able to understand them. So I want to quickly explain what are they first of all,
is that Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Well, you fool nudura home while Yato waffle beta it, this is
Allah subhana wa Tada saying that they should fulfill their vows mean that the vow that we have made
to please Allah subhana wa Tada we shall fulfill that Allah subhanho wa Taala says Wilma and faculty
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			own faculty, Manasa, cotton, anything that you spend own Adaro to me, Nazareth, or any vow that you
fulfill Allah subhanho wa taala, or any vow that we make Allah subhanho wa Taala is aware of them.
So let's quickly go through what is the difference between a promise, an oath and a vow? A promise
is where a person says, Okay, I will do something in the future. Like, for example, you know, when
two people are talking to each other, and they say, Okay, let's meet up tomorrow in sha Allah, and
know there's a strong, you know, there's a commitment in place, there's a sort of sort of a promise
in one way. But then let's just say someone is not able to fulfill that promise, you know, you have
		

			this agreement that this is something that it's going to take place, or let's just say that when
there is an agreement between an employer or employee, then making sure that we don't lie in that
kind of, because that is in itself a promise, the employee is making the promise that he's going to
provide his services, and the employer is making a promise that he's going to pay for the for the
services being performed. So there is promises on both sides, therefore, they should fulfill both
promises. And if they don't fulfill their promises, then there is no cathedra there is no
explanation for that. But this is something that is not liked by Allah subhanho wa taala. When you
		

			give your word, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada says, whoa, full biller. And when you've made a promise, you
stick to your promise you stick to what you have said, you know, as they say, in English, your word
is your bond mean that when you say something, you stick to that. Now, of course, a lot of times we
don't, we're here, all human beings, a lot of times, we can fall weak, and we may become weak and
fulfilling our promises. And we should always there's nothing wrong, you know, you know, if you need
to humbly, you know, excuse yourself from a certain situation, you've made a promise, you cannot
fulfill it. You know, first of all, just mean, very humbly tell the person that you cannot do such
		

			and such, or you cannot fulfill the promise. But at the same time, you know, every single promise,
every single commitment, they're not all the same. There's a difference between a promise of an
employer and employee versus me making a promise of someone that, for example, I will send them an
email there. I mean, these are all different kinds of promises, are making sure that we try to stick
to our promises as much as we can. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam always taught us that when you
say something, you stick to that, when the President will make an appointment with someone, he will
stick to it. So this is what we learned from the Sierra of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
		

			The next one is oaths. So this is an oath where you start taking the name of Allah subhanaw taala
will law he, I will do this or will law he something happened in the past. And when we study fifth
there, we find that there are three different types of humans because that is what an oath is. The
very first one is Yamina of a moose, where you are swearing you're taking the name of Allah subhanaw
taala about an event that took place in the past, but you are deliberately lying about it while law
he I did this. And you know, you did not do it. And you know that you're lying about it, but you're
sticking to that. Now, someone could say that well, is there a cover photo for that there's not
		

			necessarily a cover photo for that. In that case, you will simply you have to repent to Allah
subhanho wa Taala because you are taking the name of Allah in vain. I mean, what we're doing is that
we're taking the name of Allah subhanaw taala and we are abusing the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala
I mean, think about this today. We live in a world that if I want to really push forward my word,
you know, sometimes we take the name of a chef, you know, this chef said this to me
		

			and sometimes you know many cases this happens where many shoo you and many, you know known, known
Islamic figures in the world that we live in, their names are misused, and they don't like their
names to be misused because we're giving the wrong idea to someone, we're taking someone else's
name, where and we are attributing something to them, whereas they never said it. Likewise, when we
say that Wallahi something has happened in the past and I'm deliberately lying about it, then I
misuse misusing the name of Allah subhanho wa taala. And so this is why the name of Allah is a very
beautiful name, it has a you know, there's it's very sacred to begin with. So we should never first
		

			of all, there is no Kfar to this. This requires a very sincere Toba to Allah subhanho wa taala. The
second type of Yameen or oath that does exist is a me and I'm going to ask you though, when nakida
and that is where you swear that to do something or you will not do something in the future and in
this case, if you do break your your oath, that in that case, you have to give a you have to give a
Kufa which is feed 10 people or two give the monetary value or if a person is not able to do that,
then this case I mean there is mentioned a freeing a slave but that does not exist. And that is out
of context I mean, because of you know our current situation or so, either you feed 10 people or or
		

			clothed them, I mean that giving them one garment each or to give them the equivalent monetary value
or in this case our person is not able to do that, then he will fast for three days this is
mentioned in social media either to be very precise, it is on the very first page or the bottom of
the first page this the top of the second page of the seventh Joe's Allah subhanaw taala talks about
that there, you can always refer back to that there. But once again, this is called a Amina Wanaka
that you say you promise you swear by Allah that you will do something or you will stay away from
something and if you break that promise, then in that case you give a Cafaro The next one is Yamina
		

			Lavoie, now this yummy Allah is to swear about something in the past, and you really believe that
something has happened in the past, but you are wrong about it. And that case, there is no Cafaro
for that. Because in your understanding, this is exactly what has happened. Now someone may come to
you later on and say no, you are wrong. This is the way it was. And you realize that oh, you did
something wrong. So there is not necessarily a good fodder for that in that kind of situation. But
it's also very important because you know, this applies this yummy Allahu is something that we do a
lot nowadays. I mean, Subhan Allah, how much do we say in every single small thing, not realizing we
		

			say well, Allahu, Allahu Allah, He, you know, we take the name of Allah subhanaw taala so lightly,
because what we don't realize is that when you take once again, the name of Allah subhanho wa Taala
is a very heavy thing. It's a very big thing. And you know, subhanAllah you hear people saying, use
the word of Allah in small, small things. And when people are playing sports, Oh Allah, He has
happened on Wallahi you know, it this happened or that happened. I mean, small, small, trivial
things are alive, we're using the name of Allah subhanho wa taala. This becomes the Amina Allahu, so
this is why it's very important that if we are saying that something has happened, we take the name
		

			of Allah, and where indeed it did not happen, then there is no cathedra to that. But at the same
time, we need to learn how not to abuse the name of Allah subhanaw taala there's no need to say,
we'll login every single thing if I need to say Wallahi to get a point across or to assure someone
or something, that's fine. But to say well line every single thing we don't learn this from the
Sierra and from the nature of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Finally, we come across to vows
vows is an Arabic You can call it a another. Another is where a person says that, you know, if Allah
subhanaw taala house, me and such and such, or if Allah subhanaw taala you know, if Allah helps me
		

			passing this exam, for example, I will fast for 10 days. So you are putting a an arriba you're,
you're putting a BandAid on a condition, the condition is that Allah does does something for you,
and you will do something for Allah subhanho wa taala. So first of all, is that we should always
understand that there's while making another is absolutely fine, there's nothing wrong with making
another but once again, part of our servitude to Allah subhanho wa Taala is that we should not be
making so many of these kinds of conditional kind of like claims or statements. Rather, we should
always go out of our way to do something for Allah subhanho wa Taala that Oh Allah, I want this do
		

			this for me. This is something that we learn from the Prophet sallallahu ala he was setting them so
this is why that is the best way. So instead of saying Oh Allah, I will fast for 10 days. If you
help me passing this test, rather than doing that
		

			We better I mean, once again, is allowed to say something like that. But it'd be better if a person
said that I'm going to fast for 10 days, and Insha Allah, I have my full hope and Allah that Allah
helped me in sha Allah. So that's the way that's a better way of doing that. But once again, doing
another is absolutely allowed. And once again, according to the IMF, especially when you do it, when
you make another than it is mandatory is very important that you fulfill that. And not only that,
but when you make a another, another cannot be done that where you use you make another or you vow
to Allah, that you will do something that's already mandatory. Like if a person says, if Allah
		

			Helsing passing this test, then I will start praying five times daily prayers, that does not exist.
Why? Because five times daily prayers is already part of us being a Muslim, or a person cannot make
a vow that if Allah helps me pass or if Allah passes me, then I'll stop committing that haram. You
cannot say that either. Because the Haram is something that you should already stay away from. In
fact, we learned from Lhasa Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and this is a Hadith on the body, that when a
person does something good, then they should follow through with that. And if they made a commitment
to do something that is wrong and bad, like if a person says, you know, I swear, going back to oh, I
		

			swear, I will, you know, do such and such wrong to another person, then that case, the province has
some saying that do not do that. If you're making a promise or a vow or an oath, that you will do
something to hurt someone else, or you will commit haram, then the policy that says that you do not
do that under any circumstances. In fact, the orlimar say that because you take it you have taken an
oath, you pay the cathedra for that, and you get out of the oath. But once again, going back to the
Nether, there is nothing wrong in making that kind of another. But it's very important that once if
Allah subhanaw taala does something for us, then that case we have to go we have to fulfill that
		

			oath. Going back to the story of Salah or Islam we find this can somebody be neutral, that they made
a promise to Allah they made a vow to Allah was on with them we made a vow to Allah. Oh Salia show
us as your Allah to create for us a she camel and a delivers a baby right in front of us and a you
create it from a rock, Allah has created that camel from a rock. The problem I mean Prophet Salah is
making this dua Allah accepts it. And some would still they did not live up to their promise that is
very, very wrong. So if we made a promise to Allah, we live through that, and we have to live up to
that promise. Now, the last question quickly I want to do cover is that the question that many
		

			people ask is that what if I make an oath that, you know, for example, I will fast for 10 days, but
then I'm not able to fast for 10 days. In that case, you will also give the Kasara just like in the
case of the oath, either feed 10 People 10 Poor people, two meals each, or you will clothe them, for
example, one garment each. And if you're not able to do that, then you will fast for three days,
then you will do that, in that case, if a person makes a another day, I will fast every single day,
then that another is not even valid to begin with, because it's not something within your capacity.
So we learned that we don't make a another oil promise or a vow of something that we're not able to
		

			do something that is beyond our capacity. I mean, just imagine if I'm living like for example, if a
person is living within, like, let's just say if they're making like four or $5,000 a month. And he
says that if Allah does something for me, then I'm going to give a million dollars and southpaw?
Well, of course, I mean, in many I mean, looking at it from a from the outside perspective, is very
impossible for this person to give a million dollars for sadaqa. So this is why in these kinds of
cases that never will not be valid to begin with. So just want to just share this with everyone,
once again, we have an overall a promise that we have made to Allah. But then on the smaller level,
		

			there are promises there oaths, and there are vows. And what we learn from these branches of faith
is that anytime we have made a promise to Allah, we fulfill that promise, making sure that also, if
I've made a promise to do something, that is good, I should follow through with that, if I made a
promise to do a sin or commit haram, I break away from that, if I made an oath, then I should pay
the kufr or give the expiation and not only that, but in general we give the Kasara gladly,
actually, that comes to my mind, I do want to share is when it comes to even like other things,
there are a lot of things that we do that there could be an explanation for them. So making sure
		

			that we pay the explanation or we give the explanation of the cathedra for example, a person they
missed their fast deliberately, you know, they they they broke their fast deliberately. Now in that
case, there is a cathedral. Now there is a difference between the orlimar that you know how many
times you know according to the other three schools of thought besides the and if, if you you know
if there's intimacy that takes place or anything that takes place
		

			There's only a Commodore whereas according to that enough, there is a full color photo you have to
fast for 60 days consecutively. So if there's like a photo for anything, we have to pay for that.
Likewise, if a person is not able to fast, I mean physically, they're just simply unable to fast in
Ramadan. And after Ramadan passes by, for example, their diabetic or they're very elderly in that
case, then in that case, part of that is giving you the photo is I mean, it's not necessarily a
photo, but it's a video, giving the video giving. I mean, in our context in Plano is $10 for every
single day that you give for every single person for every single day that you cannot fast, but
		

			making sure that whatever Kufa that is there, we make sure that we fulfill all of our Kufa rot. If I
miss fast, there's I mean, we make sure that we fulfill all of them. So all these things, all of
these are actually branches of faith that Imam Al basically mentioned in his book, and today 100 I
just want to quickly go through them because this is something that happens a lot of times we have a
lot of confusion about these things. I want to clarify that confusion, ask ALLAH SubhanA without to
give all of us ability to maintain our iman May Allah increase in our iman May Allah subhanaw taala
take us from this dunya with iman, and resurrect us amongst those who are the CDP in the shahada and
		

			the salah Hain and the beginning of CDP the shahada Asahina on the Day of Judgment admirable Alameen
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