The Expiation for an Oath Based on a Predominant Belief That Is Later Found to Be Incorrect
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Question:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man told me that he did not attend in the morning, so my colleagues asked me, and I said, "I swear by Allah that he did not attend," but he did attend. Do I owe an expiation?
Answer:
If you swore based on your predominant belief and it turned out to be otherwise, this is a slip of the tongue in an oath, and there is no expiation for it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man told me that he did not attend in the morning, so my colleagues asked me, and I said, "I swear by Allah that he did not attend," but he did attend. Do I owe an expiation?
Answer:
If you swore based on your predominant belief and it turned out to be otherwise, this is a slip of the tongue in an oath, and there is no expiation for it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (1:07:37)
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