اللغو في الأقوال: حقيقته وحكم المؤاخذة به ديانة وقضاء

Abstract EN

Idle words can be uttered in vows, oaths, contracts, divorce, and declarations.

It refers to uttering a word unintentionally.

This paper defines idle words and makes distinction between idle words, mistakes, joking and relevant senses.

It examines the implications of the uttering Shari’ah-related words idly, not intentionally, whether about worldly matters or about the hereafter.

The author showed that the different opinions of scholars are only related the worldly matters.

He also explored the implications of the different arguments in many issues.

Then he concluded that whoever utters idle words unintentionally is not accounted religiously and his words are taken into consideration without the necessity of producing evidence.

He is not required to expiate for his vow or oath if he did not mean what he said, neither is his divorce valid.

The author also confirms the opinions of the four schools of Fiqh about the invalidity of idle words in law.

The speaker should be accounted for his outward, unless we notice something different.

Accordingly, we can differentiate between the ruling of idle words in faith and law.