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Fatwa CenterIt is an obligation to break the oath that involves committing a sin
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a/a my question is some days before due to some misuderstanding between me and my any I took oath that I will not talk with her till my death. and I broke my oath god will snach my favourite thing i,e my papa from me. Now these days my ant is so ill and she say sorry for her mistake . Now I want to go her home but my oath bounded me and I don't want to lost my papa at any cost so please give me the solution how can I solve my mistake.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
You have to turn to Allaah The Almighty with repentance for what you have done which is deserting your aunt without a Sharee'ah-acceptable justification, then you have to talk to her, maintain ties with her and remove all effects of that desertion. Then, you should pay the expiation for your oath. That is because breaking an oath, if the oath involves committing a sin, is an obligation. For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 81598 and 123480.
As for what you have stated of losing your father, we hope that no harm would affect him due to that supplication. Amongst the forms of Kindness and Generosity of Allaah The Almighty to His slaves is that He does not answer the supplications one makes against himself or his family while he is angry. It was stated in Tafseer Al-Baghawi and others: “Zayd ibn Aslam said: Laghw (an inconsiderate oath) includes one’s supplication against himself saying: may Allaah make me blind if I do not do such and such, and may Allaah make me lose my money if I do not come to you tomorrow. Also one may say: He is a disbeliever if he did such and such. All of that is Laghw and Allaah The Almighty does not impose blame (upon His slaves) for it and if He were to impose blame upon them for it, He would have hastened for them the punishment.” [End quote]
Allaah Knows best.
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