لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌۭ
Laa yu'aakhi zukumul laahu billaghwi feee aymaa nikum wa laakiny yu'aakhi zukum bimaa kasabat quloo bukum; wallaahu Ghafoorun Haleem
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
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Mercy & forgiveness
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25 ayahs in Al-Baqara are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.
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God will not take you to task for a slip that results in your oaths which is what the tongue utters spontaneously and unintentionally such as ‘By God’ ‘Indeed by God’ in such instances there is no sin and no redemption required; but He will take you to task for what your hearts have earned what their intention is when you commit perjury in your oaths; and God is Forgiving of slips in your oaths Forbearing since He delays the punishment of the one deserving it.
Related Hadiths
regarding: 'Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths...' (2.225)
This Verse was revealed concerning such oath formulas as: 'No, by Allah!' and 'Yes, by Allah!'
something against his oath due to forgetfulness should he make expiation?). And the Statement of
Allah: 'And there is no blame on you if you make a mistake therein.' (33.5) And Allah said:-- '(Moses
said to Khadir): Call me not to account for what I forgot.' (18.73)
This Verse: "Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths." (5.89) was revealed
about a man's state men (during his talk), "No, by Allah," and "Yes, by Allah."
"By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by
which he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah's sight than that of dissolving his
oath and making expiation for it."
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and then considers something else better than it, he should give it up, and do what is better, for leaving it is its atonement.
Abu Dawud said: All sound traditions from the Prophet (ﷺ) say: "He should make atonement for his oath," except those versions which are not reliable.
Abu Dawud said: I said to Ahmad: Yahya b. Sa'id (al-Qattan) has transmitted this tradition from Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah. He (Ahmad b. Hanbal) said: But he gave it up after that, and he was competent for doing it. Ahmad said: His (Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah's) tradition are munkar (rejected) and his father is not known.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever amongst you swears, (saying by error) in his oath 'By Al-Lat and Al-
Uzza', then he should say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And whoever says to his
companions, 'Come let me gamble' with you, then he must give something in charity (as an expiation
for such a sin)." (See Hadith No. 645)
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