The ruling on saying: “Allah knows that I visited you.” Is it an oath?

The questioner:
And by my hand, is this phrase, “Allah knows that I visited you,” for example, considered an oath like “By Allah, I visited you”?

The Shaykh:
This is not among the words of swearing an oath. However, if he is lying, he sins with the sin of lying, but it is not an oath that necessitates expiation. Yes, because an oath has a specific form: saying “By Allah,” “In Allah,” or “Like Allah.” The letters of the oath are three: the waw, the ba, and the ta. As for when one speaks words that do not contain a letter of the oath, it is not an oath. Yes.

The questioner:
A small matter.

The Shaykh:
Except in the cases of divorce, zihar, and vows. If they are used in the manner of an oath, they are called an oath in terms of the obligation of expiation, not in terms of the form of the oath. In terms of the obligation of expiation only, they are called an oath. It is said: the oath of divorce, the oath of the vow, the oath of zihar, in terms of the obligation of expiation. They named it an oath. Yes.

The questioner:
That is the issue.

The Shaykh:
Yes, this is heard. Yes.