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Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?

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Can I take back a promise I made to Allah? Mufti Abu Layth jokes

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 8 of 29 in the recording2020-09-22-S08

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Mufti Abu Layth answers in jest: don't worry, take the promise back.

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Mufti Abu Layth reads a super chat asking whether one can take back a promise made to Allah. Mufti answers in jest, asking what the promise was for, joking that perhaps the person had their fingers crossed and that even the angels are confused. He tells the questioner not to worry and to take it back, then checks whether he has missed any super chats.

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Can I take back my promise from Allah?

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was uh this place this [Laughter] was it your dada's uh heaven was it i mean obviously aard means earth in arabic means earth in fact the word uh maybe the word earth i believe it may have been taken from the arabic word so um so that that's what the verse of the quran means but anyway yeah so muhammad marriage can i take back my promise from allah

43:54

not going to be your friend now [Laughter] even the angels are confused on this one can i take back my promise promise for what for that you're gonna be a good boy well i had my fingers crossed [Laughter] you take it back don't worry you take back your promise

44:32

take it somebody said i missed a super chat let me just check [Music] uh right now i can't see any that i've just taken a look here as far back as i can go um oh marshall should the wrist bone and the ankle be covered outside of an inside of prayer

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2020-09-22-S08, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, September 22). Can I take back a promise I made to Allah? [Video, segment 2020-09-22-S08, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?" Video, segment 2020-09-22-S08, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded September 22, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {9},
  date = {2020-09-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-09-22-S08, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}

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