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Subject: Promise

Author:
Syed Saleem

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Date Posted: 19:19:35 12/20/02 Fri
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Asslamo Alikum wr. wb.

I have a question which has been bothering me on/off for a long time and disturbing my daily life. May Allah reward you if you would please listen to this and help me answering.

My issue is few years ago just to get the blessing of Allah, I made a simple promise (Not Qasam or Vow or Oath) by just saying similar but with the same following intention
"ya Allah I will never watch TV again in my life" My intention was not for Qasam but a simple promise. Off course I did not have enough knowledge of Islam at that time comprae to now and I did not know about it. Any way later I wathced TV as there was a Islamic lecture and Traweeh from Mecca.

I felt guilty and I asked one of my friends who was not a scholar, he said you made a promise and you broke it, so you dont have to pay kafarah and just make istaghfar and you can watch TV for religious purposes and will not get gunah every time you watch it. Your promise has been canceled.

I am asking you, when I made a promise for not doiong something forever or never like watching TV, and after wathcing first time, is my promise canceled and I am out of contract? or everytime I watch TV I am getting gunah for breaking the promise? I paid kafara and fed ten people for the safeside.

May All give you the Ajar.
Jazakumullah

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