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Is it permissible to swear by age, as in the poet’s saying: “By your age, happiness is not the amassing of wealth”?

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Question:
He asks about the poet’s saying, “By your age, happiness is not the amassing of wealth.” Is it permissible to swear by age?

Answer:
This is not intended as an oath; it is merely a phrase that slips off the tongue, and no oath is intended by it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3974- 4717] هل القسم بالعمر جائز كما في قول الشاعر: (لعمرك ما السعادة جمع مال)؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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