Shaykh Khaalid al-Mushayqih (may Allah preserve him) was asked: What is the ruling on one who says, “Insha Allah I should die if I do such and such?” or he said “May such and such befall me if I do this thing?” when he knows that he wants to go back to it and he said that in a moment of anger? Is this regarded as being the same as an oath? May Allah reward you with good. He replied: Firstly, it is forbidden for a person to pray against himself… Secondly, if a person prayed against himself in this manner, intending to encourage himself to do something or prevent himself from doing something, or to confirm something or to say that something was a lie, then the oath was broken, then he must offer expiation for breaking an oath (kafaarat yameen). For example, if he said, “If I do not go, may I fall ill or die,” then he did not go. In that case he has to offer expiation for breaking an oath. End quote from Fataawa ash-Shaykh, 2/145.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:48:54 +0000