The kullama oath

Question

Zayd swore a false oath and then said: «اگر میں اس قسم میں جھوٹا ہوں تو جب جب میں نکاح کروں میری بیوی کو تین طلاق» (“If I am lying in this oath, then whenever I contract nikah, three talaqs to my wife”). Now, if Zayd wishes to contract nikah, is there any leeway for him in the Shari‘a or not? Some ‘ulama say that his nikah becomes valid through a fuduli nikah (one contracted by a person acting without authority), and some deny it.

Answer

If someone said: «اگر میں فلاں کام کروں تو جب جب میں نکاح کروں میری بیوی پر تین طلاق» (“If I do such-and-such a thing, then whenever I contract nikah, three talaqs upon my wife”), then the way (tadbir) for him to escape this oath is as follows: some person acquainted with the circumstances, acting as a fuduli, contracts a nikah for him with whatever woman he deems suitable for…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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