Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 20 Eighteenth Greater Sin: False Oath Expiation for a HarÄm oath
Expiation for a HarÄm oath
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Expiation for a HarÄm oath
The expiation for an oath which is HarÄm, (the oath which states dissociation with divine personalities), according to a group of Mujtahids is equal to expiation of Zihar (when one vows to abstain from one’s wife, sexually). Another group of Mujtahids has prescribed its expiation to be equal to that of breaking a vow and it is the same as the penalty of breaking or not keeping a Wajib fast of Ramadhan.
(Refer Shariyatul Islam)
However, Shaykh MufÄ«d (r.a.) says that expiation of vow of dissociation is to feed to satiation, ten poor people and also to repent. The same decree is proved from a letter of Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s.), which is quoted in the book MasÄlik.
Imam (a.s.) says,
“He shall feed ten poor people with a ‘Madd’ (approximately ¾ of a kilo) of food and seek forgiveness from Allah.”
In this penalty, the following edibles can be given: wheat, wheat flour, barley, rice or any other cooked food.
Since the chain of narrators for this tradition is authentic, one must act upon it as a precautionary measure.
