In Holy Qur'an, Sunnah and Bible you will find many texts clearly indicate that it is obligatory to fulfill promises and covenants, and it is haraam to break them.
Almighty Allah says in Holy Qur'an: “O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do.” (Surah as-Saff 61:2-3)
And in Bible: “If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.” Numbers 30:2 ESV
Thus, if you are like most people; you make commitments to others all the time; the questions are: do you keep your promises? And, how many you break?
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Nah, I don't make promises, and I hate it when people want me to promise things. :-/ I find imposed promises absurd!
The other question is 'how often do I do what I say...?' I would say up to 85-95%. Sometimes I change my mind for a good reason, or something comes up that is more important to me, or I get sick, etc... but then I say sorry to that person, and explain my reasons.
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As far as breaking given promises is concerned, I noticed that only the common bread-eater is tortured morally and phisycally for not keepig a given word.
Most polititians and so called spiritual leaders seem to have acquired a status of imunnity from being held resposible of such felony - it also remains unclear how this immunity was acquired, self given or......
So, instead of making us, the simple bread consumers, feel the pang of embarrassment, why not direct our indignat remarks to the top dogs?
A Germany fairy tale "Pied Piper of Hamelin" briefly states: a young guy had mysterious magical power when he played his pipe, that time Hamelin town suffered serious rat raging, this guy told townfolks he could lure the rats away through his imaginary pipe, the townfolks promised if he really did, they would pay him a lot of money. Soon the piper really made it, but the townfolks refused to pay, this piper then blew his pipe again on the street, a lot of children gathered and followed his tunes, he kept playing and walking away from the town, those children followed him and never came back, nobody knew where they were.
Seriously again, you may find many texts from the Bible, but the basis of all of them is to speak the truth. Oaths and vows and promises are not necessary. If a man's word cannot be trusted, why would you believe his promise? I was once asked as a witness in a court of law to swear on the Bible. I refused. I made an affirmation that what I said was true. This is allowed under English law. Why would anyone want to sully the Bible, or the name of God or even the name of Allah by swearing on them? Either I tell the truth or I lie. God or Allah will not help me if I lie and I should not dirty His name in trying.
I agree with you 100%. Breaking even a promise is self degrading. One who lies can break the promise too.
An excellent topic, btw.
Seriously though, what is the value of a promise or an oath? Either you speak the truth or you do not.
Or better still, never make a promise. In fact, no self-respecting man should make a promise. He should say YES or NO. That is enough, if his word is his bond. (I assume it's the same for women.)
I always plan to keep 6 out of ten promises. That way I should stay ahead of the curve ;)
As a matter of fact no sensible person deleberatelly breaks the promises, but sometime we find ourselves helpless due to unforseen tragedy. I, therefore, hesitate to make promises with anyone. I do my best
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