Making others take oaths unnecessarily
Question
I asked someone to say some specific words. That Person said it in normal way but I knew it from my heart that that person was lying to me so I asked him to swear to Allah on this and I insisted many times. During our conversation that person once mentioned that my (that person's) life in this world is destroyed and you want to ruin my Akhira (world hereafter) as well. At last that person said those words with "swear to Allah". My question is now what to do? What is the Kafaarah in this situation and what are the obligations on me towards that specific incident because it was I who was insisting for this again and again. What should I do for that person?
Answer
Do not make people take oaths unnecessarily. If you feel that he was lying while taking the oath then since you were the cause for him disrespecting the name of Allah Ta'ala, you should sincerely make istigfaar and taubah to Allah Ta'ala.
And Allah Ta'ala knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن التجار هم الفجار قالوا : يا رسول الله ، أو ليس قد أحل الله البيع ؟ قال : بلى ، ولكنهم يحلفون ، فيكذبون ويأثمون . (اتحاف الخيرة المهرة #2755)
وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّـهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّـهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِم مَّرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٠٨﴾ (الأنعام)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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