John Shaqi

سَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا يُكَفَّرُ مِنَ الْأَيْمَانِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ فَحَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلَهُ ثُمَّ فَعَلْتَهُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ وَاجِباً أَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ فَحَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلَهُ ثُمَّ فَعَلْتَهُ فَعَلَيْكَ الْكَفَّارَةُ .


Translation

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Jameel, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about what (necessitates) an expiation, from the oaths. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whatever was (Obligatory) upon you to do it, so you swear that you would not be doing it, then you do it, so there is nothing upon you; and whatever did not happen to be Obligatory upon you to do it, so you swear that you will not do it, then you do it, so upon you is the expiation’.


Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الْأَيْمَانِ وَ النُّذُورِ وَ الْكَفَّارَاتِ
Chapter (Bab)باب الْيَمِينِ الَّتِي تَلْزَمُ صَاحِبَهَا الْكَفَّارَةُ
CollectionAl-Kafi

Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

Source

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