Topics: Vows and Oaths

The 15th Lesson from the Book of Tawheed: The Importance of Fulfilling Oaths and Avoiding Shirk

Understanding the Prohibition of Swearing Oaths for Other Than Allah

15th Lesson from the Book of Tawheed by Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad bin Abdil-Wahhaab

بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم

From the commentary on the Book of Tawheed by Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad bin Abdil-Wahhaab may Allaah have mercy on him,15th, Lesson,

By our Shaykh, the ‘Allāmah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu ‘Abdirrahmān Yahya bin ‘Ali Al-Hajūri – may Allāh preserve him – on the 5th, Jumaadah Al-Aakhirah, 1443H

Chapter: From Shirk is: Swearing an oath for other than Allaah

And His statement:

(يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا) 

"They (are those who) fulfill (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil will be wide-spreading."

[Al-Insan: 7]

And His statement:

(وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُم مِّن نَّذْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُۥۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ) 

"And whatever you spend for spendings or whatever vow you make, be sure Allaah knows it all. And for the Dhaalimeen (wrong-doers, etc.) there are no helpers."

[Al-Baqarah: 270]

وفي الصحيح عن عائشة رضي الله عنها: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعه، ومن نذر أن يعصي الله فلا يعصه”.

And in the two Sahihs from Aa'ishah may Allaah be pleased with her: That the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: "Whoever swears an oath to obey Allaah then let him obey Him, and whoever swears an oath to disobey Allaah then let him not disobey Him."

In it are Masaa’il (topics):

The First: The obligation of fulfilling oaths.

The Second: If it is established as being an act of worship for Allaah, then directing it to other than Him is Shirk.

The Third: That the oath of disobedience is not allowed to be fulfilled.

Transcribed to Arabic by:

Thaabit Al-Hadhrami 

may Allaah reward him with good

on the 5th, Jumaadah Al-Aakhirah, 1443H

Translated by:   

Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi

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Author: IslamicHelper

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