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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

22 Questions

Are we allowed to take a false oath by the Quran to save somebody’s life or honour?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Saving your life and/ or life of others is obligatory. If the only way to save life is taking false oath, then it might be permissible if there are no other Islamic reason against it.

Saving honour has many degrees which must be considered before replying this part of your question. We need to understand the real situation first, then reply can be researched according to Islamic rules.

Wassalam.
Is one of the Kaffarah for deliberately breaking an oath to Allah (SWT) the feeding of a number of needy believers?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Kaffara for deliberately breaking an oath كفّارة اليمين is feeding ten ooor believers or clothing them, and if unable to feed or cloth ten poor believers then fasting three days.

Wassalam.
What are the conditions for an oath, such as swearing to Allah that I will perform an action, to be a valid oath which one must fulfil?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

The oath to do an action needs many conditions to be valid; e.g. the action should be valid by itself. Oath on an action which is Haraam is invalid e.g. an oath not to talk to his brother or any relative or a believer is invalid. 
Oath of the wife is invalid if it clashes with the rights of her husband.
Husband can invalidate the oath of his wife.

Oath of the son or daughter against the wish of their father is invalid.

Wassalam.
If one takes an oath (Qasam) that he will not commit a particular act and still does it, thus breaking the Qasam, and then repeatedly commits that act, is there only one Kuffara, or a Kuffara for every time one commits that act?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Breaking the Qasam (Oath) needs Kaffara which is feeding ten poor believers or clothing them. If he is unable to do that then to fast three days. That is one time, which will remove the oath.

Wassalam.