Oath Taken By a Scrupulous Person
Issue No. 2303- If a person does not act upon his oath on account of forgetfulness, helplessness or is forced not to act upon his oath, he is not liable for kaffāra. And if an obsessive person takes an oath like, if he says,” By Allah, I am going to offer prayers now,” and then does not offer prayers owing to the whims haunting him, which renders him incapable of acting according to the oath, and if his obsession is in such a way that he does not act according to his oath involuntarily, it is not necessary for him to give kaffāra.
