Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 20 Eighteenth Greater Sin: False Oath The oath that is HarÄm under all circumstances
The oath that is HarÄm under all circumstances
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The oath that is HarÄm under all circumstances
The oath which is HarÄm under all circmstances and which one can never take is that of dissociating with Allah (S.w.T.) and His religion. For example a man says;
“If I do not perform this particular action, I shall be dissociated with Allah (S.w.T.) and His religion.” Such an oath is certainly HarÄm.
In the same way if one says:
“If I do not do this, I would have disbelieved in the Holy Prophet (S), or I would have rejected the Mastership of ‘Ali (a.s.), or I would become a disbeliever.” Such a vow is also HarÄm. It is HarÄm whether one wishes to prove the truth or to lay emphasis upon a fact.
The Holy Prophet (S) heard a person taking such an oath. He (S) said, “Woe be unto you, if you leave the religion of Muhammad (S) then which religion would you follow?”
The narrator says that the Holy Prophet (S) did not speak to this man till the end of his life.
(al-KÄfi)
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) informed YÅ«nus Ibn Zabyan:
“O YÅ«nus! Do not speak about dissociating from us in an oath. One who takes oath from it, whether for a true thing or a falsehood, he really becomes dissociated from us.”
(al-KÄfi)
