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vows
are different than oaths though there is
some sort of similarities
to vow or to take a vow is to compel
yourself linguistically
to compel yourself to do or not to do
something
but in the legislative and Islamic
terminology
it is to commit oneself self
and to make oneself accountable
by
obliging yourself to do or not to do
something that the Sharia did not oblige
you to do or not to do. And this is why
it is not recommended to take a vow.
General vows
is not
recommended. The prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam forbade people from
taking ba vows and he said they do not
change anything rather they get
something out of the miser
what does that mean if I need something
from Allah usually I don't give charity
but if I need something desperately oh
Allah cure my child from this illness
and if you cure my child, I'll slaughter
a sheep and give it for the poor. This
is not something that Allah will do in
exchange for your ram that you want to
sacrifice and give to the poor. But it
because you're a miser,
you oblige yourself to do this. And
whenever Allahel whether cures or not
cures, it's up to his divine will.
you will do that.
And the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam also said that a vow does not
bring anything forward or put it back.
Rather the vow gets something out of the
miser. A vow only gets something out of
the mean person. And all of these a
hadith tells you that it is not
something that is recommended in Islam
because you're obliging yourself to do
something
that Islam did not oblige you to do.
You're burdening yourself
and you're making things hard for you.
The default is that you do good things
without
the need of something. So don't set a
condition
so that you feel that you're bargaining
with Allahel. Allah if you do this to me
I'm going to perform Hajj
or I'm going to feed 10 poor people if
you do this to me. So this is why the
vows generally speaking are not
recommended.
General vows for the sake of Allahawel
once done
it is
complimented and praiseworthy to fulfill
it. And this is what allahel says in the
Quran that those who fulfill their vows
after they've committed themselves to
doing it but before committing no don't
do it. Allah does not love this or like
this. And it's
also important to learn that vows must
be verbalized.
Mere intentions
are not binding. A lot of the people
think that if they intended to do
something, they have to fulfill it. No,
it has to be verbalized and it has to be
with using words that
insuate
that you're compelling yourself to do
this such as it's a vow upon me. It's
for Allahawel upon me to do this and
that. I promise allahel I pledge to
allahel if he were to cure my sick child
that I would do this and that. So if
there is no verbalization,
if the words are not insinuating, it's
not
telling you that this is something
compelling
and forced upon you,
then it's not a vow.
Also we have to learn that whenever we
use the word inshallah if Allah is
willing
this this cancels any obligation.
So if I say
it's a vow upon me to slaughter a sheep
if Allahawel cures my child inshallah
this
saying inshallah
is
cancelling any obligation whether it's
in a vow or it's an oath wall I will not
come tomorrow inshallah
and I do
I don't have to experate because I used
the word inshallah and whatever Allah w
then I'm not obliged to do that.
What are the categories of vows?
The scholars divided the categories into
five.
One of them being to make a vow
in an act of worship
such as to make a vow to perform Hajj or
to fast a day.
In this case, it is mandatory upon you
to fulfill your vow.
Allah says, "And let them fulfill
their vows."
And the prophet says, "Asam, whoever
vows to do an act of obedience to Allah,
let him obey him." So this is mandatory
when you vow to worship Allahel. Number
two,
to make a vow to commit a sin and
definitely committing sins is
prohibited. So it is not permissible to
fulfill such a vow
and this would be illogical to make such
a vow because vows are to do an act of
obedience to Allah. So you say I vow to
drink wine or I vow to uh uh skip salat
for two weeks. The prophet says,
"Whoever vows
to disobey Allahel,
he must not disobey Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala." What to do then? As in the case
of
oaths, he has to expedate that. Feeding
10 poor people or clothing them or
freeing a slave. And if he's unable to
do any of those financially, then he has
to fast three days.
The third type of vows is the general
vow.
A general vow is something you don't
mention
a specific thing with. So you say it's a
vow on me to allahel.
Yes. To do what? And he doesn't say to
fast, to perform Hajj, to give charity,
to pray 10 raqas. He just says it's a
vow upon me to Allah or I vow to Allah.
If this is the case, the prophet said,
"Whoever
says a vow without naming it, he has to
expedate
as they do for the oaths." again feeding
or clothing 10 poor people or freeing a
slave and if not possible then fasting
three days. The fourth type of vows are
the vows when arguing or when in anger
and this is known as
or
these are usually made in anger
or to prevent oneself from doing
something or to
oblige oneself to do something.
So this takes the same ruling as an
oath.
I say it's a vow on me. If I speak to
Ahmed, I will perform Hajj.
I don't want to perform Hajj. I'm saying
this to prevent myself from speaking to
Ahmed
or if I
don't do the following things I will
fast for a whole year and in this case
the ruling is the same as when you take
an oath and this is the most authentic
opinion.
When you make such a vow, then you have
to uh uh either fulfill it and if you
don't fulfill it, you have the right to
expedate it by
feeding or dressing 10 poor people or
freeing a slave. And financially, if
you're unable, you will fast have to
fast three uh days.
The fi the fifth category of vows is the
permissible vow. And these vows like the
oaths over permissible things.
For example,
uh um to take a vow that you will wear
some certain types of clothes or to ride
a car or a bicycle. And this is
something that you have the choice
either to fulfill it or to expedate it.
And this is what the hadiths and the
evidences
dictate.
Now bearing in mind that taking a vow is
a form of worship.
So it must not be to other than
Allahawel.
You cannot
take a vow for an idol or for someone
who is deceased or the likes because
that would be shik. And whoever does
this
must not fulfill it because that is a
thing that would breach his Islam and
this is the consensus of all scholars.
Now what is the ruling if someone says I
pledge to Allahawel
to do this or I promise Allah that I
will do so and so. scholars differed
because they say that this pledge or
promise is different than a vow which is
another.
So they
made a distinction and said if a person
pledges or promises Allah to do
something or an act of obedience,
an act of worship, then he has to
fulfill it.
such as I promise allahel if this or
that happens I will perform Hajj or I
will fast six days or I will pray a week
night prayers for half an hour a night.
This is an act of worship and obedience.
He has to fulfill this. But if it was
pledging Allahawel,
I promise allahel
to
perform Hajj. This is an act of worship.
I pledge to Allah to fast every Mondays
and Thursday and Thursday. This is an
act of worship. You have to fulfill it.
But if I say I promise allahel
to go to the beach or to drive my
my my friends around the neighborhood or
to go shopping. These are permissible
things. So this would not be an a pledge
or a vow. It would be an oath.
And whether you do it or if you wish you
can expedate it and allahel knows best.
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