Yasir Qadhi – Ask Shaykh YQ – Episode 25 – What Should I Do If I Did Not Fulfill an Oath Made With Allah’s Name

			Brother asks, I made a promise with someone. And I mentioned the name of a law and made an oath and
the name of a law, the promise he didn't tell me what it is, I made a promise I said Allah's Name.
At the time of the promise, I was sincere. And I felt that I could fulfill the promise. However, the
situation deteriorated between the two of us and neither he nor I is keeping up that promise that we
made in the name of a law, I feel very guilty, what can be done
		

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			he did not tell me what it is. And the point is not to what it is, but the fact that he made an oath
with a last name. And now he is unable to fulfill that oath. So we need to understand in our
religion, invoking a last name, when you make a promise is a very, very big deal. And our scholars
mentioned that there are three categories of mentioning Allah's name when you make a promise, the
first of them it is what is called low. And low is when you mentioned the name of a law and the
context, people understand. It's not a serious oath, it is simply that you say a last name. And this
is something that is very common in some cultures. For example, you say, Are you free right now?
		

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			This here will lie, I'm busy. It's just an expression. It's not like you're giving a * of that is
serious in nature. Okay, can you make it that on Thursday to have a meeting as well? Like, can we do
it another day? It's just you say Allah's name because that is the cultural habit. And in my own
experiences, I would say and Allah knows best that in some cultures, it's more common than others.
And perhaps in certain cultures, it's not that common so when I say this, people have certain lands
so it's not something we're accustomed to we don't do it in our culture. So it's a very cultural
thing. In some cultures Allah His name is mentioned every second sentence you know, will lie this
		

			will lie that will lie this every third thing is well lower level like if something like this, you
know, so is their culture is common. And this the verdict is, it is makrooh but not how you should
not mention a last name for no reason, but it is not sinful me I'm gonna go to Jan number this
everybody understands. When we say well, I am busy. It's not like the world law. You're given a
court of law when people are looking at say, I swear by a lot I'm telling the truth. The context
understandably and Allah mentions in the Quran, certain law, a diverse 89 law, you are a Docomo law,
who, below Wi Fi a manickam. Allah is not going to call you to task it's not a haram thing. Your low
		

			level means you just say it in vain. You're low and you're a man. You mean is the head of in Arabic
You mean means you give an oath of Assam, right, in order to save custom Connor, you give the custom
right, then Arabic is called the amine. And the mean is essentially like the right time because it's
generally done with the right time you raise your right hand in the western court. In the eastern
society, you might shake the person and say, I swear by the name of Allah, that's why it's called
the amine the seriousness of it is called the right hand. So Allah is saying, now you are a little
qumola who billowy if it is law, who you are not sinful, but it is not encouraged, because you
		

			shouldn't just mention the name of a law for no reason. This is the first category. The second
category is the exact opposite. You say the name of a law and you mean it, but you are the biller
lying. And this is called in the Hadith al yameen. Allah Hamas, and Hamas means the one that
inserted you in because you go to jahannam for this year mean, and the Amina Hamas Alia mean, the
oath that will cause you to enter our WWI jahannam the Prophet system said, should I not tell you of
the major sins? They said, Yes, yeah. rasulillah. So he said to do shall quit alone to do this. But
then he was lying on his back. He stood up, not stood up, but he got up from he was on the wall, he
		

			got up and he said, and the false You mean the Yemeni? Hormuz, de Mille vamos de Mille vamos the
false You mean, to show how important it was, he got up and he made this that to mention the name of
Allah in vain, knowing not to try not to intervene in Barton. And in another version, or another
Hadith, we learned that we do believe that there is learn of a law on the one who uses the name of a
law in a lie out of the law. There is Alice Lana on this person, therefore by unanimous consensus,
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			In a lying oath is amongst the major, major sins. And there is no Tafara other than genuine
repentance to Allah, you cannot just make it up by doing something. This is the type of sin. The
only thing to make it up is your class and your Toba between you and Allah. Otherwise it is amongst
the major sins, to mention the name of a law and to intentionally live. And that's why do law is
made against that person in some headings, for example of the doors that are made against this
person is the businessman, the merchant, who makes a * of an oath with a law that he purchased a
product for a certain amount and he's lying to sell it at a higher profit. So Allah His name is so
		

			cheap, that he's willing to sell it for a few dollars. How can there be Baraka in this person, that
person liner has been given and there is no Baraka. So, the opposite is a nominal homos, and that is
to lie intentionally knowing you are lying and bringing the name of Allah into it. And the third
category, which is what our brother is asking about, this is called algemene al Mohler, Al Qaeda,
the amine that is a serious You mean the amine that is meant to be the real oath In the name of
Allah subhana wa Tada. And Allah mentions in the Quran, wife over a man accom protect your oaths
when you mentioned them and name of Allah protect your oats. And Allah says in the Quran, that in
		

			the lady nation on the back the law who a man named him feminine Colleen and Allah calahorra can
often occur whether you call them Oh, la cama de la youngdo la him when I use a key him What am I
double? Those who mentioned the name of Allah in false you mean those people Allah says, Listen to
this, number one, they have no share of the accurate they'll get nothing. Number two, Allah will not
even speak to them in anger, Allah will not even speak to them. Number three, Allah will not even
look at them. Number four, Allah will not purify them. Number five, and they shall have a painful
tournament. What more do you need? What more do you need to warn you do not mention the name of
		

			Allah in a lie? Never ever ever mentioned the name of Allah knowing that you are lying. This is
amongst the greatest avoidable cabal amongst the greatest of all evil deeds. And in another Hadith
the Prophet sallallahu Sallam said, A cabal cabal are the biggest of all evil number one he said
committing shooting with a law number two he said rejecting your parents being disrespectful to your
parents. Number three, he said murder. Number four he said early Amina lamos just look at the list.
After shooting and murder and rejecting parents what was number four? This year mean? It is next to
murder on this list. So be careful Muslims when you mentioned the name of Allah, be careful. It is
		

			mentioned in our books in the episode of Muslim Ummah, Mr. Mohammed, that receving Imodium was
walking on the path and he saw someone steal. He saw someone take another person's property. He said
also and so fear Allah don't steal. The man said while law he I didn't steal. He said I said My eyes
are lying. And you spoke the truth because you mentioned the name of Allah. I would rather accuse my
eyes of lying than accused you of mentioning Allah's name in vain. So he retracted so as not to
punish the person but that's up to Allah, He retracted. I must have lied. My eyes are lying. My eyes
didn't see what they saw. And a last name is valid, out of respect for the name of Allah when he
		

			heard the man say, Well, like I didn't steal is that my eyes are lying out. Okay, you didn't steal
the shows us the impact of using the name of Allah. So this is a gimme to know, amin
		

			alomost. And you have a minute more after that, which is the effective You mean, what is the
effective you mean with the effective you're in the context clarifies You mean it? You mean it? And
the most obvious example is in a court of law. And the judge says in this court or in the Islamic
court, Do you swear by Allah, you're telling the truth. This is now is a very serious matter. You
cannot just does not you meet a level or there's an argument going and somebody says, oh, you're
lying. Now your face changes. You say I swear by Allah, I am telling the truth. This is not Jimmy
the low anymore. Right? Now you're invoking the name of a law to bring something serious, so serious
		

			that the other person will say, Okay, he's not going to disrespect that name. Do you understand why
it's so important? So before we even answer the question I wanted to clarify, this is a big deal to
mention Allah's Name. And that is why we need to be careful when we mentioned Allah's Name and do
not mention it in vain. It is better to face all the consequences without mentioning Allah's Name
lying than to mention Allah's Name lying
		

			Then face that consequences of this dunya and the market. So the context tells us it is human and
monoket, the real human, okay. Now the brother says I made it sincerely. So this is not Jimmy Alamos
he was sincere. And he said, whatever. And well, let's give an example. I promise to maintain
whatever visit your house every few weeks, whatever it was, we don't know what it was, he made a
promise to Allah. Maybe there was some tension between the two of them this looks like then they
tried to reconcile. So they mentioned Allah's Name. And they said, okay, let us promise by Allah
that we will do this and that and the both of them made an actual promise, maybe the both of them
		

			were sincere, then somehow two things happened and the promise is not met. Here we have two
scenarios. Here we have two scenarios. slight difference in the verdict of either one. So I'm going
to take a step back the first scenario, you mentioned the name of Allah in a solemn oath, for
something to do with the future, and you are sincere. But time changes, and you think or you feel or
you presume, that this oath,
		

			I made it and it was a mistake. And something else is better than my oath overall, in the eyes of
Islam and the laws of the Sharia. I said it, I meant it at the time, but I regret it. And I
shouldn't have done it. And I realized that the alternative is better for Deen and dunya than what I
said. And our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, I did this and Bukhari and Muslim. If you
swear a custom By Allah, then you see the other alternative better than your custom, then do the
alternative that is better, and make a folder for your yameen Let me give you a simple example.
		

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			a state of anger, you have an argument to somebody and you say, well, ah he I will never visit that
person's house again. And you mean it? Like you say it and you mean it's not our job to go to the
other person's house? So you made a habit of with a lot You say, Well, law, he that person he
dishonored me, he disrespected me. He said this about me. And you make custom your family is there
your friend's brother, your brother is there. So you will law he I will never visited that person's
house again. Now, the mean is Hillel. But is it Mr. hub? Do Muslims? Is it good? No. What did our
Prophet system say? If you made a mean, then you realize the other option is better than your your
		

			mean? What is the other option? In this case? solar? Correct. The other option is solar. You forgive
and you make up correct. Our Profit System said don't even hesitate. Don't even hesitate. You
choosing the better option. This is well like a mercy from a law. Because if Allah had wanted to he
could have said How long do you have to bear the consequences? And dear Muslims, how often we use
the name of a law in a state of anger and we mean it. When we calm down.
		

			We regret how often a husband says to a wife a wife says to her husband if you do this again. Well,
I will divorce you I was hoping that with a Bella Bella. That's not a successful marriage. Number
one, what type of marriage will be successful when the wife has always threatened with divorce?
Number two, you mentioned a law's name Don't do this. You don't mention a last name and another
verse in the Quran Allah says what? Allah autodata li a man accom don't bring in the name of Allah
to use in your custom to do things that are not good Allah saying don't use it. Don't use my name.
In a custom for something that is not positive. Until burrata todo bien en us don't do this, that
		

			you're not going to do better. You're not going to have soda have been a nice, don't bring in my
name. Well, he I'm never going to talk to him again. Allah says in the Quran, don't bring in my
name. But people do. It's not how long but it is macro. Definitely macro. You're using Allah as some
sort of something that's not positive. It's not Haram, because it's not wise, you have to visit you.
And so what I'm saying, right, you understand this point, he's not making custom for how I'm going
to drink alcohol. Without the Buddha. He's saying, I'm not going to visit this person visiting that
person is not legit. So he's not sinful. It is a legitimate you mean to legitimate oath. But now he
		

			realizes I shouldn't have done that. He comes down. He wants to forgive, but he has mentioned the
name of a law. This is scenario one, he sees something better. In this case, there is no repentance
but there is a cafaro because why is there no repentance? Because he's doing the better of the two.
		

			His option of custom was the worst of the two. I'm not going to visit I'm not going to talk.
Whatever it is, you understand. I'm going to divorce you if you You know what, maybe your wife went
to somebody's house and you don't like that family say, Well, here you go again. I will divorce you
		

			Hello What type of marriage is this? But suppose you said it has what do you do now? Now you
mentioned a last name, you're not going to get away scot free. You're not going to get away scot
free because you brought in the name of Allah. If you simply said if you go there I will divorce
you. There's not a last name. You made a mistake. You kill yourself for a move on End of story. But
you mentioned the name of Allah, you bring it in, nobody told you to bring it in. Now you have to
give kuffaar Is that clear? This is scenario one. What is it Guevara? We'll come to scenario two.
It's not that you saw a better option. It's simply that you as a human being are not able to do what
		

			you promised to do. So you are the Arabic word is arges, even odo arges. Okay, you're not able to do
that. You made this sincere intention. Let me give a simple example that suppose you both in a state
of good brothers that will lie we will visit each other every week. Life happens, you move, you
know, move apart, you move to a different location, whatever you get my point, okay, you shouldn't
have done that. You know, it's something that Yanni you You brought in Allah subhanho wa Taala. Now
you are arges to do in this case, to the level of your incapacity you must repent, if it is truly
beyond your control. There is no repentance. But if you are falling short, for example, if you are
		

			falling short, because you don't like the guy that's different than falling short, because he moved
away. Right? If you're falling short, because tensions between you and him, I'm giving an example
that we understand, will lie here we're going to visit weekly. Suppose as I said, there was tension
between the two you made up you said okay, from now on, we swear by Allah, we will be in touch every
week, every month, then another tension happens. And both of you that looks like this, like he's
saying, we have gone apart. Obviously, before I answer, try your best for solar always be the better
of the two don't don't cut off ties. Nonetheless, it happens. My point is, if it happens because of
		

			you, you are guilty to the extent that you are not fulfilling the oath, in which case you must also
do Toba along with the kafala. This is my point. Scenario one there is no Toba, you're choosing the
better option. There is no Toba you just do the cafardo scenario two is not the better option, but
you are arges you cannot do it for whatever reason. In this case you must repent to Allah and
repentance you feel guilty you do is still far you make an intention. You learn your lesson, you're
not going to do it again. This is Toba and on top of that you do cafaro so both scenarios I've got
fara what is the cafaro Allah says in the Quran sudama either verse 89, memorize it. Now you are
		

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			be Morocco to meet a man Allah is going to forgive for the level but Allah will call you to task for
them when al Qaeda for the serious one fuck a photo to who this is in the Quran. If you're not able
to fulfill the oath, suck a photo to who number one it's amore ashati Misaki mean Oh salty metal
termina alikum feed 10 people the average meal of what you feed your family number two, okay swear
to him close 10 people the average of what you close your family number three out of Aqaba freeing a
slave there is no number three of our time so that's gone. family lineage if you don't have the
financial means to pay for 10 people's food or for 10 people's clothing for cm within a 30 am you
		

			must fast three days the liquor cafaro to a man who can either he left him This is the cafaro of
your oath if you are not able to do it, but Allah reminds us what photo a minor come try your best
to fulfill your odds don't use it in name. So response dear brother, you have two options and
inshallah all of us can afford if you really cannot financially afford then you move to number four
which is fasting three days number three there is nothing previously the two options and you may do
either one. Both of them are equally valid. Feeding 10 people. What do you normally eat? What do you
normally eat some rice and some meat is our normal food let's say okay, or my shoulder bag a
		

			hamburger and french fries normal meal. The point is what is the average meal mean? Oh sorry. And
look at a loss mercy. He could have said the most expensive when you go to the five star cuisine. Or
if he didn't say anything some lazy people just said okay, sometimes when I'm really hungry I eat a
granola bar. So I'll give 10 granola bars no Allah says min Oh salty amount of mana alikum the
average meals that you feed your own family so 10 meals must be fed to poor people. And if you want
to you can go to option two option two is what
		

			10 clothings to poor people so the average clothing item you know if it's an Arab lands so in
Buxton, the show outcome is in America, a regular shirt and also the average that your family will
wear you will buy and you will give to people this is the co founder of your domain. So that answers
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