It is Better to Make the Atonement Before Breaking the Oath

Question :

I swore by Allah that I would not go to my brother and that I would sever relations with him. After that, I heard something about maintaining family ties, so now I want to go to him. Is it incumbent upon me to do anything with regard to this? And if an atonement for an oath is incumbent upon. me, should I atone before going to him, or after it?

Answer:

It is not permissible for you to continue severing relations and cutting off family ties, even if you swore to do so, because whoever swore an oath to do something, then found something better than it, he should do what is better and atone for his oath.

It is better to make the atonement before if he has decided to break it and if he delayed it until after he had broken it, then atoned for it, that would be sufficient for him.

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