The phrase "I swear by Allah that he is truly truthful": How is the answer to the oath when there is no explicit oath?
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The questioner : I swear by Allah that he is truly truthful
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How is the answer to the oath, and this is an explicit oath?
The Shaykh : It is an oath. The explicitness of the oath may be indicated by the letter waw, the letter ba, or the letter ta, or it may be indicated by the verb. Here we have "I swear by Allah," which contains both the verb and the letter ba.
The questioner : I swear, okay... that he is truly truthful
The Shaykh : It is the same thing, yes. And in this case, both options are permissible. However, in "I swear that he is truly truthful," the kasrah (short vowel) is obligatory because we have the letter lam. Whenever the letter lam appears in the name or the predicate, the kasrah is obligatory; it is not optional. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How is the answer to the oath, and this is an explicit oath?
The Shaykh : It is an oath. The explicitness of the oath may be indicated by the letter waw, the letter ba, or the letter ta, or it may be indicated by the verb. Here we have "I swear by Allah," which contains both the verb and the letter ba.
The questioner : I swear, okay... that he is truly truthful
The Shaykh : It is the same thing, yes. And in this case, both options are permissible. However, in "I swear that he is truly truthful," the kasrah (short vowel) is obligatory because we have the letter lam. Whenever the letter lam appears in the name or the predicate, the kasrah is obligatory; it is not optional. Yes.