Oaths, Vows & Kaffarah · Subtopic
Vows (Nadhr / Mannat)
436 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Vows (Nadhr / Mannat), part of Oaths, Vows & Kaffarah. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Vows (Nadhr / Mannat) fatawa — page 1 of 11
- Mufti Online8 Oct 2026
Giving kaffarah for breaking an oath
A friend has asked me to submit this question on behalf of him… Allah Ta'ala give me the ability to ask what he needed… from what I understood. He…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood10 Aug 2026
Niyyah Or Vow
When I started my freelance website business, I made an intention to spend half of my earnings in the path of Allah Ta’ala. I then learned that it’s…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online5 Aug 2026Roman Urdu
Paisa dena bakri ki iwaz me mannat ke liye
Mera beta bimar tha. Main mannat maangi thi jab mera beta tundurast ho jaye ga tu main kala bakra zabah karungy. Kia main bakra key badle paisey de…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Aug 2026
Saying something through which a yameen and nazar takes place
If a person says something like: “Wallāhi, I promise to Allah I won’t go on Instagram. If I do, I’ll give R50 in sadaqah as the expiation for me…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown13 May 2026
Vow Query
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, If an animal of sadaqah (nadhr/vow) is given to a deserving person, and then it dies before being…
Shahid Shaikh - Mufti Online3 May 2026
Time limit to fulfil a vow made to spend on the poor
I made vow to Alimghty that I will spend that much amount on needy people. Is there any solid time bar in which I have to complete and spend all…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood8 Apr 2026
Requirements Of Animal Slaughtered After Taking A Vow
Does the animal slaughtered after taking a vow have to fulfil the same requirements as a Qurbani animal in age, etc.?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood8 Apr 2026
Distribution Of Meat After Taking A Vow
I made Niyyah to slaughter an animal when my father recovers from his illness. I intended to distribute its meat to the needy, some to family and…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Azaadville7 Apr 2026
The Kaffaarah (Penalty) For Breaking An Oath
A lady too an oath (Wallahi) that she will not talk to or have anything to do with someone. The intention she had was that she will never speak to,…
- Camperdown26 Feb 2026
Is Saying “Kassam” a Binding Oath?
Assalamu Alaykum. Kindly assist with the following Is saying “kassam” a binding oath? Not Kassam-Wallah or anything, just saying Kassam Intention…
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - Camperdown18 Dec 2025
Ruling and Kaffarah for a Verbal Promise
Asssalamualikum Maulana, please let me know what is the ruling and kaffarah I told my student, I promise I won’t listen your sabaq.
Azhar Mownah - Ibn Masood17 Dec 2025
Mistakenly Taking An Oath
If a person, completely by mistake, without even realizing that it is an oath, and without intending to take an oath, uses the word “Wallah” when…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Giving two sandwiches as kaffarah for breaking an oath
I would like to expiate 2 oaths. I would like to know if I give 2 peanut butter sandwiches to 10 people each, if that counts as expiation. I used to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville8 Sep 2025
Fulfilling A Vow
Zaid made a promise to feed the needy if his son recovers but he did not do it. Zaid now wants to feed the needy. What are the requirements?
- Mufti Online2 Sep 2025
Children fulfilling their deceased parents vows
Is it obligatory upon children to complete late parents vows? For example if someone vows to fast for 10 days and then doesn't do it and passes…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Aug 2025
Unable to fulfil an oath due to old age
According to Hanafi jurisprudence, if someone swears to always perform their prayers standing, but later becomes very old and no longer has the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam16 Jul 2025
Can a person pay Kaffarah for vows/oaths they took?
So, the question is that if a person makes a vow that whenever he commits a certain sin, then he will perform a certain number of rakaats, if this…
Mahmood Suliman - Mufti Online10 Jul 2025
Taking oaths that one cannot fulfill
I made oaths like reciting a certain prayer every night or performing missed (qaza) prayers after each obligatory prayer. If these oaths are broken…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jul 2025
Kaffarah for breaking a vow where one will pay for every time one commits a sin
If someone made a vow to not do a sin and that if he did the sin from start to finish he would give in charity R100. For each time he did it he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Apr 2025Roman Urdu
Quraan Majeed par haat rakh kar qasam khana
Quran-e-paak par hath rakh gawahi de ho or gawahi sachi ho to oska b gunah/kafarah h? Or jis NY gawahi dene Ka Bola ho osk liye ?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Feb 2025
Expiation of sins for a martyr except debts
Is the debt of expiation for breaking an oath considered a human right? If someone tries to pay their expiation debts but passes away without being…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Jan 2025
Kaffarah for breaking an oath
If some swears by saying "I swear I would not swear throughout my life after today". Suppose he swears more than once after this in the coming days.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville23 Dec 2024
Acting Against (Breaking) An Oath
If a person takes an oath that he will not do a certain act and thereafter does the act, what is the Kaffaarah for him?
- Mufti Online9 Dec 2024Roman Urdu
Quraan par haat rakh kar qasam khaana
Quran pak hath rakhkar yeh kam main nahin karunga aisa kahana fir vahi kam karna uska kafara kya hai?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MUBZ17 Sep 2024
Cure for Nazr
Question: اَلسْلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه So because I’m not married people keep suggesting to me to go to a mulana (not sure…
- Mufti Online14 Sep 2024
Restricting the time of an oath
A person took an oath. After a while he said the oath will end in 1 week. After the 1 week has passed will the oath be valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Aug 2024
Not making a vow verbally
I remember that I did not make any vow or verbally utter any vow to read 8 rakaat shukriya nafil namaz. Only a thought came and I read. Still, that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown24 Apr 2024
Does the writing of a representative break the oath?
If someone swore by Allah that he would not write to a certain individual, then he asked someone to write to him in his stead, would that break his…
Khalil Tatarstani - Ibn Masood19 Feb 2024
Not being able to fulfil one’s vow
When I was not well I had made promised to fast every Monday and Thursday if I would recover. I have recovered now, but it is extremely hot in…
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood10 Feb 2024
Fulfilling a vow by one’s self
If someone takes an oath that if a wish of their’s is fulfilled then they will perform Umrah, but thereafter, they are unable to perform Umrah, will…
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Azaadville22 Jan 2024
Kaffaarah For Breaking An Oath
The following is the pact oath that I took with Allah Ta ala regarding my cellphone, as best as I can remember: I make niyat and take an oath that…
- Ibn Masood14 Jan 2024
Retracting from a vow
If a person took a vow that if he does or doesn’t do a certain action then he will pay a monetary amount. Can a person cancel such a vow?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online6 Jan 2024Roman Urdu
Kia nazre bad se mout hoskty hy?
Kia nazre bad se mout hoskty hy? Or kia koi insan bure nzer se apny waqt se phly is dunia se jaskta he?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2023
Fulfilling a vow regarding doing a certain action
I promised 10 nafal everyday if Allah fulfills my wish. If I pray those nafals after 12 a.m would it be ok or would it count in the nafal of the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood17 Dec 2023
Taking a Qasm to go out in Jamaat
It was a conversation between three people. Person A told Person B that after they complete the Aalim course, they will go to Tanzania in Jamaat…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online29 Nov 2023
Breaking oaths and promises
As a child I would not take promises and oaths seriously and this continued even after buloogh... I am 18 years old and only now have I realized the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood29 Nov 2023
Kaffarah for breaking an oath
What is the Kaffarah of breaking an oath?
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online23 Nov 2023Roman Urdu
Dil me qasam khana
کیا دل میں زبان کی حرکت سے قسم منعقد ہوتی ہیں
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Oct 2023
Discharging kaffarah of an oath according to the rate of sadaqatul fitr in one's country
A person in America wants to give kaffarah-e-yameen in South Africa. Can he give it according to the rate of sadaqatul fitr in South Africa or will…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood23 Aug 2023
Vows and oaths
1. Please explain the difference between a vow and an oath? 2. Can a person make a vow that if a certain thing is fulfilled, he will perform Umrah?…
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
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