Sharh-ul-Usool-ith-Thalaathah : Lesson 25 Part C
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzan | Dawud Burbank [Audio|English]
An-Nadhr (Vows) and their Evidence
Imaam Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab (rahimahullaah) said:
And the proof for vows:
يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا
They fulfill their vows and they fear a Day whose evil will be widespread [76:7] 26
[26]: Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzan’s Explanation:
An-Nadhr (making a vow): it is that a person makes something binding upon himself which was not originally binding upon him in the legislation, such as his making a vow that he will perform a fast, or his making a vow that he will give such and such in charity – then it becomes binding upon him to carry out his vow, because of the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam:
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعه
“Whoever makes a vow that he will obey Allaah, then let him obey Him”
[Reported by al-Bukhaaree (6696 & 6700) from a hadeeth of Aa’ishah radiy Allaahu ‘anhaa.]
And making a vow is a type from the types of worship, it is not permissible to do it except for Allaah. So whoever makes a vow for a grave or for an idol or for other than that, then he has committed shirk with Allaah the Mighty and Majestic and it will be a vow of sin and shirk. And the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said:
ومن نذر أن يعصي الله فلا يعصه
“And whoever makes a vow that he will commit an act of disobedience to Allaah, then let him not disobey Him”.
PS: Dawud Burbank (rahimahullah) covers some more benefits from the Explanation of Shaykh Uthaymeen rahimahullah at the end of this short clip ( this is not transcribed)
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