Fatwa: # 19655
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 26th December 2011

Title

I made a vow of tahajjud, 500 durood daily and Quran completion monthly but I cannot keep up with it?

Question

I made a vow that if my problem is solved I will pray tahajjud, 500 times durood daily and finish one quran every month.  I did that for sometime but now it is very hard to do.  I pray tahajjud and durood 300 times but I have started memorising the Quran and tafseer, I become so tired at the end of the day.  Please tell me some kaffaarah.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

 

A vow becomes binding verbally using words which customarily refer to a vow.  If you merely thought of the following and did not verbally utter the words binding these actions then this vow will be invalid and you will not be bound to anything.[1] 

 

Once a vow is made, it becomes binding on the individual.  Kaffārah will not absolve one from a vow.  One will have to carry out the vowed action.[2]

 

If the a vow was made in the above manner, then tahajjud, durūd shareef have become binding.[3]

There is a difference of opinion with regards to the binding of the recitation of the Qur῾ān.   You should do your utmost to abide by the vow of completing one Qur῾ān a month.  Do not consider it a burden; envisage it as a blessing to gain proximity to Almighty Allah.[4]

 

You should recite the shortest durūd shareef which is:

 

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

 

Keep a misbaha (rosary beads) with you and read durūd shareef where ever you go.  To recite the above will take 10-15 minutes at the most.  So during the day you can read anytime and anywhere to reach 500.  You neither need wudhū to recite durūd shareef.

 

As for tahajjud, one opinion regarding tahajjud is that it refers to any salāh after the fardh of ῾isha.[5]  Hence, perform two rak῾āt after the witr prayer with the intention of tahajjud. 

 

One must be very careful of which words are uttered.  At times we become negligent of the implications of the words we utter. 

 

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Faraz Ibn Adam,
Student Darul Iftaa

UK

 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net 

 


[1]  ففي درر الحكام شرح غرر الأحكام

أَقُولُ وَالنَّذْرُ لَا يَكُونُ إلَّا بِاللِّسَانِ، وَلَوْ نَذَرَ بِقَلْبِهِ لَا يَلْزَمُهُ بِخِلَافِ النِّيَّةِ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّذْرَ عَمَلُ اللِّسَانِ وَالنِّيَّةُ الْمَشْرُوعَةُ انْبِعَاثُ الْقَلْبِ عَلَى شَأْنٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى كَذَا فِي الْبَزَّازِيَّةِ (ص 212 مير محمد كتب خانه)

 

وفي حاشية ابن عابدين

قَالَ فِي شَرْحِ الْمُلْتَقَى وَالنَّذْرُ عَمَلُ اللِّسَانِ (ج2 ص 433 أيج أيم سعيد)

 

 

وكذا في أحسن الفتاوى ج 5 ص 499 أيج أيم سعيد

 

وكذا في مجموع الفتاوى ج 7 ص 196 إدارات تأليفات أشرفية

 

 

[2]  وفي المحيط البرهاني

أما إذا كان النذر معلقا بالشرط وإنه على وجهين أيضا إن كان شرطا يريد ودوده إما لجلب منفعة أو لدفع مضرة...فوجدالشرط يلزمه الوفاء بما سمى ولا يخرج عن العهدة بالكفارة أيضا يلا خلاف -ج 6 ص 351  إدارة

 وفي بدائع الصنائع

وسواء كان النذر مطلقا أو مقيدا أو معلقا بشرط بأن قال إن فعلت كذا فعلي لله حج أو عمرة أو صوم أو صلاة أو ما أشبهذلك من الطاعات حتى لو فعل ذلك يلزمه الذي جعله على نفسه ولم يجز عنه كفارة وهذا قول أصحابنا رضي الله عنهم –ج 5 ص 90 دار الكتاب العربي

وفي الفتاوى العالمكيرية

سواء كان النذر مطلقا أو معلقا بشرط بأن قال إن فعلت كذا فلله علي أن أحج حتى يلزمه الوفاء إذا وجد الشرط ولا يخرجبالكفارة في ظاهر الرواية عن أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى – ج 1 ص 262 مكتبة رشيدية

 

[3] وفي رد المحتار

 

وَلَوْ نَذَرَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كُلَّ يَوْمٍ كَذَا لَزِمَهُ (ج 3 ص 378 أيج أيم سعيد)

 

وكذا في فتاوى حقانية ج 5 ص 48

 

وفي رد المحتار

وَكَذَا لَوْ نَذَرَ قِرَاءَةَ الْقُرْآنِ وَعَلَّلَهُ الْقُهُسْتَانِيُّ فِي بَابِ الِاعْتِكَافِ بِأَنَّهَا لِلصَّلَاةِ وَفِي الْخَانِيَّةِ وَلَوْ قَالَ: عَلَيَّ الطَّوَافُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَالسَّعْيُ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ أَوْ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ إنْ فَعَلْت كَذَا لَا يَلْزَمُهُ شَيْءٌ. اهـ. (ج 3 ص 378 أيج أيم سعيد)

 

[4]  وفي رد المحتار

قُلْت: وَهُوَ مُشْكِلٌ فَإِنَّ الْقِرَاءَةَ عِبَادَةٌ مَقْصُودَةٌ وَمِنْ جِنْسِهَا وَاجِبٌ، (ج 3 ص 738 أيج أيم سعيد)

 

وكذا في فتاوى محمودية ج 14 ص 71 إدارة الفاروق

 

 

[5]  وفي الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية

 

وَقَال أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْعَرَبِيِّ: فِي مَعْنَى التَّهَجُّدِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَقْوَالٍ (الأَْوَّل) أَنَّهُ النَّوْمُ ثُمَّ الصَّلاَةُ ثُمَّ النَّوْمُ ثُمَّ الصَّلاَةُ، (الثَّانِي) أَنَّهُ الصَّلاَةُ بَعْدَ النَّوْمِ، (وَالثَّالِثُ) أَنَّهُ بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ. (ج 14 ص 86 دارالسلاسل – الكويت)

 

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