Promise
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A promise is a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
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Types of promise
Both an oath and an affirmation can be a promise. One special kind of promise is the vow.
A notable type of promise is an election promise.
Promises and religions
Religions have differing attitudes towards promises.
Christianity
Template:Main In Christianity, a distinction is made between simple promises and oaths/vows, with only the latter being seen as involving a deity (either as witness to the promise or recipient of it).
However, the Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonites object to the taking of both oaths and affirmations, basing their objections upon a commandment given in the Sermon on the Mount, and regard all promises to be witnessed by God.
Islam
In An-Nahl 91, Allah forbids Muslims to break their promises after they have confirmed them. All promises are regarded as having Allah as their witness and guarantor. In the Hadith, The Prophet states that a Muslim who made a promise and then saw a better thing to do, should do the better thing and then make an act of atonement for breaking the promise.1
References
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