Reference: Silsilah Fataawa Noor ‘alad-Darb – Tape 5 Question: My husband has vowed not to marry so long as I am [married] to him; so is it obligatory upon him to fulfill this vow or not? Response: This [type of] vow takes on the ruling of an oath; that is because it is [understood that […]
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Sometimes a doctor needs to lie to the patient
Sometimes a doctor needs to lie to the patient, particularly when his condition does not permit him to comprehend the [full extent of the] situation he is in, so [in this case] has the doctor sinned?
The fast for expiating an oath done over non-consecutive days
Is the fast for expiating an oath (kaffaaratul-yameen) required to be done consecutively over three days?
Expiating an oath by feeding a single person instead of ten
Regarding the expiation of an oath, what is the [required] amount for feeding a poor and destitute person?
Expiating an oath by paying the poor and destitute money
Regarding the expiation of an oath (kaffaaratul-yameen), could you please advise us about the manner in which the obligation of feeding the ten poor and destitute [must take]?
Lying with the intention to reconcile
My mother and father argue incessantly, and as their children, we are compelled to lie to them in order to reconcile between them. So is this permissible?
Changing to whom what is vowed is to be given
Is it allowed for a person to change to whom what he has vowed is going to go to after he finds that there are more deserving recipients, and after he had specifically stated what and to whom he was going to give?
Made a vow to fast, but now she is unable to do so
A woman vowed that if she gave birth to a healthy baby and it lived for at least one year, she would then fast for a year. But she is not able to perform the fast.