The Book of Vows

كتاب النذر

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Expiation For Breaking A Vow

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ENGLISH

Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (people) taking vows, and said:

It does not (necessarily) bring good (in the form of substantial, and tangible results), but it is the meant whereby something is extracted from the miserly persons.

ARABIC

‏ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَأْتِي بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ ‏