5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

the oath eternally will never be broken. For, in this case it
immediately becomes wâjib for him not to beat Ahmad. The
oath is broken if he beats him once. He pays kaffârat, and the
oath expires. If he beats him a second time he does not pay
kaffârat again.
B) The time is appointed. If he breaks the oath before the
time comes, kaffârat becomes necessary. The oath is not
broken if he dies before the appointed time comes.
C) The oath which is made dependent upon a condition. It is
to make the fulfilment of one’s oath dependent on one’s or
someone else’s doing something. It is to swear to something
else by saying, “If you do this...,” in order to prevent oneself or
someone else from doing something intended, or by saying, “If
you don’t...,” in order to get someone sitting to do something.
This oath’s being sahîh (valid) requires in the first case the
person’s doing it at once (if the time has not been appointed) or
by the appointed time (if the time has been appointed) and in
the second case the person’s not doing it or being unable to do
it. If the person in the first is incapable of doing what is to be
done the oath does not become sahîh. If the time has not been
appointed and if he (the browbeaten person) gives up doing it
first and then intends a second time and does it, the oath
becomes sahîh in the second case. But it does not become
sahîh in the first case. When a person says to another, “I swear
(by Allah) that I will beat you if you don’t leave this place and
come home”, if the latter stands up immediately, goes to the
toilet, puts on his clothes, goes home, then comes back to the
former place to get his key and then goes home again, the
former’s oath does not become sahîh. For, these things done by
the latter are not considered as matters delaying going home.
So it is not necessary for the former to beat him. If the husband
says to the wife who is getting ready to go out, “You will be
divorced if you go out,” and if she first gives up going out and
then gets ready again and goes out later, she will not be
divorced. If a man who attempts to beat his child is told, “I
swear (by Allah) that I will not speak with you any more if you
beat the child!” and if the man sits for a while and then beats
the child, it is not necessary for the swearer not to speak with
him any more. If a person asks another to stay and eat with him
and if the latter swears that he will not eat with him and leaves
the place, saying, “If I eat with you...,” the oath will lapse when
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