Vows and Promises

that he heard Ibn `Umar saying, "Weren't people forbidden to make vows?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'A vow neither hastens nor delays anything, but by the making of vows, some of the wealth of a miser is ...

The vow neither hastens anything nor defers anything, but is the means whereby (something) is extracted from the miserly person.

Do not take vows, for a vow has no effect against Fate; it is only from the miserly that something is extracted.

The vow does not bring anything near to the son of Adam which Allah has not ordained for him, but (at times) the vow coincides with Destiny, and this is how something is extracted from the miserly per...

The expiation of the (breach of) a vow is the same as that of the (breach of an oath).

" to fulfil the vows" but substituted these words:" finding of the lost articles".

"There is no vow to commit an act of disobedience, and no vow concerning that which the son of Adam does not possess."

"Vows do not bring the son of Adam anything unless it has been decreed for him. But he is dominated by Divine preordainment, and will get what is decreed for him. And (vows) are a means of making the ...

"Whoever makes a vow and does not state it specifically, the expiation (for such a vow) is the expiation for breaking an oath. Whoever makes a vow and is not able to fulfill it, the expiation for that...

"I made a vow during the Ignorance period and I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) (about it) after I became Muslim. He told me to fulfill my vow."