Oaths & Vows

Giving kaffarah for breaking an oath

Q: A friend has asked me to submit this question on behalf of him… Allah Ta'ala give me the ability to ask what he needed… from what I understood. 

He says he had a bad habit which he was trying to break. In order to try to stop himself from committing this bad habit, he made an oath to Allah stating the following words as well as writing it down to keep referring to when he is about to carry out this bad habit: 

"Wallahi, if I ever I do this again, I'll give 20 rand in sadaqah for EACH time I do it" 

So what he wants to know is, he did break the wallah a few times and took out the sadqah but found himself keep doing such action. So he made a wallah again stating that now eveytime he does it hell give 1000 rand in sadaqah. 

He would like to know, should he keep maintaining this wallah? Is it something encouraged? 

The amount being high is helping him to stay away, but he finds it really difficult at times to stay away from the sin due to company and friends. And then even though the 1000 rand is in his capacity, he does find it abit high to maintain because of the amount of times he keeps committing this sin. 

Is it better to keep the wallah? Or is it better to give kaffara? 

If the wallah was broken a couple times and the sadqah was not paid yet, should he pay the sadqah and then also kaffara or just kaffaara? 

He says a friend told him to give kaffara, but didn't really explain what kaffara is or an amount or what to do further… fasting or an amount or what? 

Please if can advise what to do in such a situation.

Saying something through which a yameen and nazar takes place

Q: If a person says something like: 

“Wallāhi, I promise to Allah I won’t go on Instagram. If I do, I’ll give R50 in sadaqah as the expiation for me going onto Instagram.” 

1. Does this wording constitute a yamīn (oath), a nadhr (vow), or something else according to the Hanafi madhhab? 

2. Is there any way to cancel or revoke it before breaking it? 

3. If the person were to go on Instagram, would the prescribed kaffārah for a broken oath become obligatory, or would the R50 sadaqah suffice as the expiation?

Giving two sandwiches as kaffarah for breaking an oath

Q: I would like to expiate 2 oaths. 

I would like to know if I give 2 peanut butter sandwiches to 10 people each, if that counts as expiation. 

I used to eat 2 peanut butter sandwiches everyday as a student and also at work. I find it to be quite filling. I am a student and this is what I would occasionally or sometimes everyday feed myself. I don't eat peanut butter and bread anymore as I am on a diet. 

Please let me know if 2 peanut butter sandwiches for 10 people each is sufficient to expiate one oath.

Taking oaths that one cannot fulfill

Q: I made oaths like reciting a certain prayer every night or performing missed (qaza) prayers after each obligatory prayer. If these oaths are broken every time I fail to fulfill them, it seems impossible for me to pay all their expiations. No matter how careful I try to be, there will always be oaths that end up being broken. I feel so helpless. I ask Allah for forgiveness, but there’s nothing more I can do. I try to pay expiations, but it feels like an ant carrying water to extinguish a fire. In this situation, is there no way for me to attain Allah's forgiveness? Please, give me some guidance.

Kaffarah for breaking a vow where one will pay for every time one commits a sin

Q: If someone made a vow to not do a sin and that if he did the sin from start to finish he would give in charity R100. For each time he did it he would give R100 and if he did the sin multiple times, he'll give R100 for the 1st time. Will he have to pay another R100 for every time after that or not since the vow had been broken. Will the charity be necessary for every time after the 1st time?