Oaths and Witnesses

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Oaths and Witnesses


Forced To Swear By The Qur'aan - (http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showpost.php?p=18907&postcount=2) Shaykh Abdullaah Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ghudayyaan


Regulations Dealing With Confirming or Rejecting in Disputes in Front of a Judge - (http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showpost.php?p=18954&postcount=3)Shaykh Abdullah Al Ghuydaan

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Question: My friend has made a promise; or swore by touching the Qur'aan, she regrets it so much. Is this type of promise permissible as she didn't exactly say it from her heart and as she was forced to do so and had no other option.


Answer: This type of oath is a very sinful oath and it is binding upon her to make taubah to Allaah سبحانه و تعالى but there is no atonement binding upon her.


Answered by: Shaykh Abdullaah Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ghudayyaan حفظه الله

Title of Lecture: The Four Principles by Muhammed Ibn Abdul-Wahhaab explained by Shaykh al-Ghudayyaan

Date of the Lecture: February 4, 2006

Listen to Lecture: Click Here (http://www.albaseerah.org/audio/audioicaq.htm)(class #2)

Read the Transcribed Lecture: Click Here (http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1909)

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Question: What qualities must a person possess to allow us to take news from him without verifying it?


Answer: There are certain regulations dealing with confirming or rejecting in disputes in front of a Judge. In this case the person who is bearing witness must have two individuals testifying to the correctness of his character, so that the Judge may accept his testimony.

However if a person is accused of something and the other individual (claimant) mentions that the rights have been discharged and this is accepted without any witnesses being there to testify on his behalf then there is no problem with this.[1]


Answered by: Shaykh Abdullah Al Ghuydaan

Title of lecture: Tafseer Surah Al-Hujuraat, Class #3

Date answered: 3rd February 2007

Listen to lecture: Click here (http://www.albaseerah.org/audio/audioictf.htm)

Read transcribed lecture: Click here (http://www.albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2409)

[1] This is my interpretation of what the Shaykh حفظه الله said: "However if one is accused of something and he brings witnesses and the Claimant accepts the testimony of the witnesses and they agree that the rights of the Accused have been discharged, without the Claimant having investigated the character of the witnesses, then there is no problem with this." And Allaah knows best.