# Can I take back a promise I made to Allah?

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

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/
- Date: 2020-09-22 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #183 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (43:54–44:33)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTYEM-eEe78&t=2634s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/

**Topics:** Speech and everyday conduct

**Question as asked:** Can I take back my promise from Allah?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth answers in jest: don't worry, take the promise back.

## Longer summary

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.

## Transcript (machine tier, 43:54–44:33)

[43:15] 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

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment jTYEM-eEe78/s/8. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/jtyem-eee78/s/8/

Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.