{"id":11840,"date":"2019-09-19T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=11840"},"modified":"2019-09-19T19:04:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:04:26","slug":"what-is-the-rule-of-making-mental-oaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/what-is-the-rule-of-making-mental-oaths\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the rule of making mental oaths?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 02979<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by:&nbsp; Aalimah Nasima Umm Hamza\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">My question is regarding mental oaths. If I have made a mental oath but have not done it properly i.e I did not specify what oath I was making but only used the words, &#39;qasam wallah&#39; &#8230; or &#39;walaqtubillah&#39; in my mind, in this case, does it make the oath valid?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mufti Menk said that mental oaths are not valid or binding and Mufti Siraj Desai pointed out that mental oaths have to be uttered verbally, but I would really like your opinion as well.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Answer:<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645<\/em><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Oaths made in the mind are not valid oaths. An oath must be made verbally, with the movement of the mouth and tongue as a minimum.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" dir=\"RTL\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;&rlm; \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064e \u062a\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064e\u0632\u064e \u0644\u0623\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e\u062a\u0650\u064a \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u062d\u064e\u062f\u0651\u064e\u062b\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0641\u064f\u0633\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0645\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650 &rlm;&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Messenger of Allah (\ufdfa) said:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Verily Allah forgave my people the evil promptings which arise within their hearts as long as they did not speak about them or did not act upon them.&rdquo; [1]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Answered by Aalimah Nasima Umm Hamza<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">[1] Sahih Muslim, Hadith Number 127<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 02979 Answered by:&nbsp; Aalimah Nasima Umm Hamza\u200b Question: Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah My question is regarding mental oaths. 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