Oaths, Vows & Kaffarah · Subtopic
Vows (Nadhr / Mannat)
436 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Vows (Nadhr / Mannat), part of Oaths, Vows & Kaffarah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Vows (Nadhr / Mannat) fatawa — page 11 of 11
- Mufti Online18 Dec 2013
Making a promise to Allah Ta'ala
If a person thinks to himeself that "I promise Allah Ta'ala that I will not do a certain thing, or I will do a certain thing" and then he is too…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Dec 2013
Making a vow to give a certain amount of sadaqah every time one commits a sin
My question is that if a person makes a promise to Allah that every time he commits a certain sin he will give 'x' amount of money to charity and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Dec 2013
Kaffarah for breaking an oath
What is kuffarah for an unfulfilled Qur'an oath? I took an oath of not missing salaah with a sheikh online who gave me zikr for weak memory and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Dec 2013Roman Urdu
Qur'an-e-paak par haat rakh kar qasam khana
Quran-e-paak par hath rakh kar jhoot bolne ka kaffara kya hy?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Nov 2013
Kaffarah for breaking one's oath
I made a stupid vow over the phone while talking to my husband. After relations he always says things that show his regret that we had relations. It…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Oct 2013
Kaffarah for breaking an oath
The kaffara for breaking oath is to feed 10 poor people, can money be given to the poor person instead of food? Is it according to Sadaqatul Fitr…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Oct 2013
Holding the Qur'an and taking a false oath
A person who has two wife's and at present is living with the fist wife, the second wife made the husband touch the Qur'an and made him say I am…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Oct 2013
Meat of an animal which was sacrificed to fulfil a vow
Husband and wife were doing hajj last year and the wife was not well during hajj. So the husband made dua to Allah said that if his wife has…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Sep 2013
Kaffarah for breaking an oath
I broke an oath and I would like to know if it is permissible for me to donate at Islamic Relief USA, where they provide for the needy across the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Sep 2013
Kaffarah of an oath
My question is if somebody intends to expiate an oath by buying ten clothes for ten different individuals and places these clothes in a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Sep 2013
Taking an Oath for acts of kufr
A person who promised or said or took a qasam etc. to commit an act of kufr or commit an act of kufr at the time of death or join shaytaan or follow…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam20 Aug 2013
I made nazr to finish Quran a number of times but could not finish it. What do I do?
I promised myself (Nazarth Li Allah) to finish Quran a certain number of times during this last Ramdhan if a certain thing I wanted happend. It did…
Sohail ibn Arif - Mufti Online19 Aug 2013
Breaking one's promise with Allah Ta'ala
I made an oath/promise that if Allah takes me into the third year (of University) I won't look at Haraam videos. So far Alhumdulillah I have kept up…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam30 Jul 2013
I made a vow of tahajjud and 500 durood daily but I cannot keep up with it?
I made a vow that if my problem is solved I will pray tahajjud, 500 times durood daily and finish one quran every month. I did that for sometime but…
Mufti Faraz Ibn Adam al-Mahmudi - Mufti Online25 Jun 2013
Taking a qasam on something besides Allah Ta'ala
Is is jaaiz to take qasm like this: la amri as in the poem 'haaza la amri fil fiaali badeeu'
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 May 2013
Taking oaths unnecessarily
Once while conversing with some body I took khuda ki qasam for some reason. After the conversation I thought about my qasam was right or not. I…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam25 May 2013
Is this considered a vow to Allah?
My husband was unemployed for almost two years but i had employment and therefore i made dua to Allah that if my husband gets a job i will quit my…
Ismail Desai - Mufti Online9 Apr 2013Roman Urdu
Qasam torne ka kaffara
Mene apse ye sawal pochna ha k agr quran pak pe hath rakh k qasam khaye hu k kisi se baat nhi kerni aur bat hugai hu tu kya kerna chahye kya iska…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Mar 2013
Making a vow to perform tahajjud
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…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Feb 2013
Does the following constitute an oath?
Does saying the following sentence constitute a oath: " tawbah that I will use this phone ever again."?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Jan 2013
Making others take oaths unnecessarily
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…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Nov 2012
Unable to fulfil one's vow due to haidh
Please tell me what a woman should do if she makes a vow in tuhur that she will read all her nafl salaah for the next 2 weeks, but in between her…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Nov 2012
Fixing a monetary punishment in order to refrain from sin
Sometimes I fix some monetary punishment (verbally/written as document/mentally assume) to do or not to do a job in future. It helps me very much…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Oct 2012Arabic
كفارة اليمين
في الماضي في أحد الأيام، وقع في بطني آلام شديدة، و بسبب الخوف الشديد على صحتي، قد أقسمت بالقسم، و تلفظت بمثل هذه الكلمات: "يا ربي إني أقسم لك، لو…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Sep 2012
Unable to Complete one Khatam every month after vowing to do so due to Hifz
I made a mannat that if my wish is fulfilled I will pray tahajud, 500 times durood shareef every day and finish one Qur'an every month. I pray…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Sep 2012
Going against one's Promises
If a person says if Allah cures me I will not miss my salah and I will not listen to music etc.After this person was cured he missed his Salaah and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Sep 2012
Promising that one will not commit such and such a sin again
If a person makes a dua: ‘Ya ALLAH i promise i will not commit such and such a sin again’. However, after making this promise if the person again…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Sep 2012
Promising that one would never look at women lustfully ever again
Yesterday I repented to Allah for staring at women, and promised Him that I would never look at women lustfully ever again. However, while making…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Jun 2012
Taking an oath on the Qur'an
Mufti Saheb, as muslims we only swear by Allah. But if we swear by the Qur'an then is it wrong or right?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam26 Dec 2011
I made a vow of tahajjud, 500 durood daily and Quran completion monthly but I cannot keep up with it?
I made a vow that if my problem is solved I will pray tahajjud, 500 times durood daily and finish one quran every month. I did that for sometime but…
Mawlana Faraz Ibn Adam - Jamiat KZN6 Oct 2011
Protection from evil eye (nazr)
I have a question regarding how to protect my house and my children from evil eye. We just remodel our whole house and I have a very beautiful…
- Ask Imaam28 May 2011
1. I possess a pair of SealSkinz waterproof socks. RecentlyI decided to give them a little test... 2. 2) I have made a vow last October (2010) that until the two year Arabic course I enrolled online has ended,for every day that I did not spend an hour a day studying any form of Arabic, I would fast for three days.
1) I possess a pair of SealSkinz waterproof socks. I know that you have already given fatwa that these can be used as khuffs. Recently (after a year…
Muftī Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam26 May 2010
Can you give detailed information on Oaths and Vows?
Can you give detailed information on Oaths and Vows?
- Jamiat KZN15 Mar 2010
The penalty for breaking an oath
I swore an oath for the sake of Allah and broke it. How can I atone for my sin?
Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed - Ask Imaam25 Feb 2008
Is it advisable to vow to do something if Allah grants you what you asked for?
Is it advisable to vow to do something if Allah grants you what you asked for? i.e. I will give charity or perform such & such if Allah grants me a…
Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa - Ask Imaam15 Feb 2006
What is the ruling on a vow that cannot be kept?
What is the ruling on a vow that cannot be kept? The vow was made rashly and now it is very difficult to maintain it. It was mentioned that should…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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