How can we distinguish between the causal ba and the oath ba?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how can we distinguish between the causal ba and the oath ba? And do we forbid the one who says it without asking about his intention, out of fear of falling into shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Answer:
The context is what distinguishes and explains the ba; the context in which the word was used is what explains it. If you want to forbid it, you say: This is a general matter. This ba is ambiguous, and I fear it is an oath. And making an oath is not permissible. Leave this expression. Yes.