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Taking multiple vows with the intention to repeat the expiation

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Assalaamu alaykum. I took three vows for a single matter. My intention at the time of taking the vows was that they were three vows so that if I broke them I would have to offer the expiation three times. Do I have to offer three expiations or just one?

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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 is His slave and Messenger.

You must expiate according to your intention; Khaleel said in his Mukhtasar, “(The expiation is repeated) if he intended the repetition of breaking the oath...”

Ibn Al-Haajib said in Jaami’ Al-Ummahaat, “Breaking the oath is not repeated by repeating the action unless there is a term (wording) that indicates it, such as ‘whenever I did that’ or ‘as long as I do’ … or that he intended it or that the intention was customary.”

Allaah knows best.

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Taking multiple vows with the intention to repeat the expiation

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Related Fatwa

If one commits apostasy and then returns to Islam, will his oaths, vows, and rights towards Allah be nullified?

A vow is binding when it suggests commitment

The Statement ‘It Is my Duty to Do So and So’ Is not Considered a Vow

Saying ‘I Will Pray Regularly’ Is Not an Explicit Wording of a Vow

The Statement in the Question Is Not a Vow

Made Too Many Vows and Did Not Fulfil Them

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