1 عن شُعَیْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَنْ کَانَ یُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ و الْیَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْیَفِ إِذَا وَعَدَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 364

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, when he promises, he must fulfill it!'

2 عن هشام بن سالم قال سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْداللَّه یَقُولُ عِدَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَخَاهُ نَذْرٌ لَا کَفَّارَةَ لَهُ فَمَنْ أَخْلَفَ فَبِخُلْفِ اللَّهِ بَدَأَ وَ لِمَقْتِهِ تَعَرَّضَ وَ ذَلِکَ قَوْلُهُ یا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ ما لا تَفْعَلُونَ کَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا ما لا تَفْعَلُونَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 363

Hisham ibn Salim said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say: 'A believer's promise to his brother is a vow that has no expiation (meaning it cannot be compensated with expiation if it is broken), so whoever breaks a promise has begun by breaking a promise with Allah and has exposed himself to His wrath, and this is His saying (in Surah As-Saff, verses 2 and 3) where He says: 'O you who have believed! Why do you say what you do not do? Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do!'

3 عَنِ الرِّضَا قَالَ: إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ نَرَى مَا وَعَدْنَا عَلَيْنَا دَيْناً كَمَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

📚Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 173

Imam Rida (peace be upon him) said: 'We, the Ahl al-Bayt, consider what we promise as a debt upon our shoulders, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) used to do!'

4 عَنْ یَزِیدَ الصَّائِغِ قال: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْداللَّه رَجُلٌ عَلَی هَذَا الْأَمْرِ إِنْ حَدَّثَ کَذَبَ و إِنْ وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَ إِنِ اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ مَا مَنْزِلَتُهُ قَالَ هِیَ أَدْنَی الْمَنَازِلِ مِنَ الْکُفْرِ و لَیْسَ بِکَافِر

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 290

Yazid al-Sa'igh said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'There is a man who is a Shi'a of this matter, and if he speaks, he lies, and if he promises, he breaks his promise, and if he is trusted, he betrays! What is his status and position?' The Imam said: 'This is the closest position to disbelief, but he is not a disbeliever!'

5 عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَحِبُّوا الصِّبْیَانَ وَ ارْحَمُوهُمْ وَ إِذَا وَعَدْتُمُوهُمْ شَیْئاً فَفُوا لَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا یَرَوْنَ [یَدرون] إِلَّا أَنَّکُمْ تَرْزُقُونَهُمْ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 49

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 3, p. 483

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'Love children and have mercy on them, and if you promise them something, fulfill it for them, for they do not know and think that you are providing for them!'

6 قَالَ ابوعبدالله لِلْمُفَضَّلِ أُوصِیکَ بِسِتِّ خِصَالٍ تُبْلِغُهُنَّ شِیعَتِی قُلْتُ وَ مَا هُنَّ یَا سَیِّدِی قَالَ علیه السلام أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ إِلَی مَنِ ائْتَمَنَکَ.. إلی أَنْ قَالَ وَ لَا تَعِدَنَّ أَخَاکَ وَعْداً لَیْسَ فِی یَدِکَ وَفَاؤُهُ.

📚Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 78, p. 251

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said to Mufaddal: 'I recommend you with six characteristics that you must convey to my Shi'a!' Mufaddal said: 'I said: O my master! What are they?' He said: 'Returning the trust to anyone who has trusted you... ' until he said: 'And never, ever promise your brother something that is not in your ability to fulfill!'

7 عَنِ الْجَعْفَرِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَیْه السَّلَامُ قال: أَ تَدْرِی لِمَ سُمِّیَ إِسْمَاعِیلُ صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِی قَالَ وَعَدَ رَجُلًا فَجَلَسَ لَهُ حَوْلًا یَنْتَظِرُهُ

📚Ilal al-Shara'i, p. 37

Ja'fari said: Imam Rida (peace be upon him) said: 'Do you know why Ismail was named 'al-Sadiq al-Wa'd' (The Truthful in Promise)?' I said: 'I do not know!' He said: 'He made a promise to a person and waited for him for a year!'

✅ Based on the above narrations and many other narrations, whoever makes a promise must fulfill it, and whoever does not intend to fulfill it should not promise, and a promise that is not in one's ability to fulfill should not be made.

Therefore, no one has the right to make a promise to others to please and give them hope when they do not intend or are not able to fulfill it, even if that person is a child, and breaking a promise is severely condemned in the above verses and narrations and others.

✅ However, there are a few specific narrations regarding making promises to one's spouse, which will be examined in their own place.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

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