What if you break a promise to allah

Asked 9 years ago. Active 2 years, 11 months ago. Viewed 39k times. Improve this question. Alex Strasser 2 2 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. Related: What should I do if I accidentally swear to do something bad out of anger? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. It is not acceptable of a muslim to break promises all the time. Whenever he promises, he always breaks it his promise. Improve this answer. Therefore a covenant is of three types. One is the covenant itself and of the other two one is a vow and the other an oath.

It is only due to Divine Mercy that man is given a choice of three kinds of covenants in case he wishes to avoid the risk of being liable for keeping sixty fasts etc. Hence, he can make a vow or take an Islamic oath. Breaking of a covenant, whether absolute or conditional, is haraam. The expiation becomes wajib in case of default. It is the same penalty as that of breaking or omitting, without any reason, a fast of the month of Ramazan, i.

If a vow is broken its kaffarah expiation is same as that of breaking an oath. That is, feeding, or clothing ten poor people or freeing a slave; but if he cannot do any of these then it is wajib for him to keep three fasts. Breaking of a promise is a very serious sin. It is a sin that sows the seed of hypocrisy in the heart of the person who commits it. The person dies in a state of disbelief and is raised with the hypocrites on the Day of Judgment. The Holy Quran says: "And there are those of them who made a covenant with Allah: If He gives us out of His grace we will certainly give alms and we will certainly be of the good.

But when He gave them out of His grace, they become niggardly of it and they turned back and they withdrew. So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts till the day when they shall meet Him because they failed to perform towards Allah what they had promised Him and because they told lies.

The Shaan-e-Nuzool circumstances of Revelation of this ayat, according to Tafseer Minhaj us-sadeqeen is as follows: "Thulbe Ibne Khatib was a very staunch and a prominent Christian. One day he came to the Holy Prophet s. He began to complain of his poverty, and requested the Holy Prophet s. The Holy prophet s. Too much of wealth is dangerous for you.

If you are grateful for this favour it is better than too much of wealth that makes you unthankful.

By Allah if I pray that mountains become gold and silver and move with me, Allah shall cause it to be so but I know that an honourable hereafter is better, and those who are well provided in this world have a difficult hereafter. So, follow the Prophet of Allah a. But Thulbe the Christian did not follow the advice of the Holy Prophet s. I make a covenant to Allah that if He gives me abundant wealth I shall spend it upon the deserving ones and do good through it.

When he persisted in his request, the Holy Prophet s. Allah gave abundant increase in his livestock; and he became a Muslim. His animals multiplied and he became so busy in supervising them that he stopped praying behind the Holy Prophet s.

He prayed only the morning and the evening prayers. Then his herd became so bulky that the surrounding area of Madinah was not sufficient any more. He took his animals to the outskirts of the town and settled there. Now he was deprived of praying the daily prayers behind the Holy Prophet s.

Still he continued to come to Madinah for the Friday prayers. Then his business expanded beyond the valleys surrounding Madinah. Finally he could not even attend the Friday prayers. If the expression that is mentioned in the question did not include uttering an oath or a promise to Allaah, then one is not obliged to expiate for breaking this, but he is obliged to repent from the sin which he had committed.

For more benefit on the ruling of making a promise to Allaah and how to expiate, please refer to Fatwa Finally, it should be noted that a Muslim should stop sinning even though he did not make a promise to Allaah to stop sinning, and if one made a promise, then it is more confirmed in his regard to abandon the sin.

Create new account Log in. English en. He made a promise to Allaah to give up sin several times but he went back to it. Publication : I made a promise to Allaah that I would not commit a certain sin, but every time I broke my promise to Allaah and committed that sin. But because my faith is weak, as days go by I commit that sin again, then I repent again and renew my promise to Allaah again and again, only He knows how many times. My question is: What do I have to do as a result of my failing to keep my promise every time, after Allaah has blessed me and enabled me to keep away from those evil actions and I have repented to Allaah sincerely?.

Praise be to Allah. With regard to what you asked about: Making a promise to Allaah is a kind of vow and an oath yameen. Shaykh al-Islam said in al-Ikhtiyaaraat pp. Add a comment.