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Will an oath be valid if it is made in the heart without uttering it?
Question
Will an oath be valid if it is made in the heart without uttering it?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
An oath needs to be uttered for it to be valid and binding.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Tahmid Chowdhury
Student Darul Iftaa
New York, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1]
البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق (12/ 127)
وركنها اللفظ المستعمل فيها
الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (ص: 280)
وركنها اللفظ المستعمل فيها
- Answered by
- Tahmid Chowdhury
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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