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The Ruling on Swearing on Another Person Without Intention

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there any harm in an oath that comes out of a person without intention, such as swearing on another person to eat from his food?

Answer:
If he swears on another person to eat from his food and the person does not eat, he must expiate for his oath because it was broken; the oath was invalidated. As for what carries no burden, that is the slip of the tongue.
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oathsلَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:225]
If the word of the oath passes over his tongue without intention, that is the slip of the tongue.
Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oathsلَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:225]
but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earnedوَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:225]
The intentional oath. Yes.
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