Making a vow to perform tahajjud
Question
The way before I made a prayer that if I succeed in so and so I will try my level best to offer tahajjud regularly. So if for some reason I skip a day or days then did I commit a sin? Offering tahajjud regularly for the sake of mannat, does this make the reward of tahajjud any less? I made supplication like this "Allah apne kamyaabi di to mein tahajjud ki pabandi karney ki puri koshish karungi "
Answer
You will not be sinful by missing your tahajjud.
The reward of tahajjud will not decrease in any way.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
نذر السنن و أتى بالمنذور فهو السنة
قوله ( فهو السنة ) لأن النذر لا يخرجها عن كونها سنة كما لو شرع فيها ثم قطعها ثم أداها كانت سنة وزادت وصف الوجوب بالقطع
نهر عن عقد الفرائض. (شامي 2/21)
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- Mufti Zakaria Makada
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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