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Fatwa no.
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Q: I vowed to pay 600 Riyals monthly for assuming guardianship over an orphan on behalf of my parents if I got employed. Then, I assumed guardianship over one orphan for a year and a half for 2400 Riyals annually. Later on, I abandoned it due to difficult financial conditions I got into. Now, I decided to assume it again and found that about 25,000 Riyals have accumulated on me.My question is: What should I do? Please guide me, may Allah reward you well!
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You should fulfill your vow, for it is a vow to do an act of obedience, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
Whoever vows to obey Allah should obey Him.
You should
make up for the months in which you quit assumption of guardianship, for they are obligatory on you on account of the vow. May Allah accept from you and compensate you with what is better and more useful. Allah (Glorified be He) says,Surah Saba', 34:
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and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allâh’s Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers.
We advise you not to make vows again, for the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
Do not take vows, for a vow has no effect against Fate; it is only from the miserly that something is extracted.
(Agreed upon by Imams Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
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