OATH OR PLEDGE
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- Be true to Allah’s contract when you have agreed to it, and do not break your oaths once they are confirmed and you have made Allah your guarantee. Allah knows what you do. (16:91)
- And guard your oaths. (5:89)
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Allah does not take you to task for your inadvertent oaths, but He will take you to task for oaths you make intentionally. The expiation in that case is to feed ten poor people with the average amount you feed your family, or clothe them, or free a slave. Anyone without the means to do so should fast three days. That is the expiation for breaking oaths when you have sworn them. Keep your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be thankful. (5:89)
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- Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent statements in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the intention your hearts have made. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (2:225)
- Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which swear in earnest. (5:89)
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And make not Allah.s (name) an excuse in your oaths against doing good, or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; for Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.. (2:224)
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Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths, (68:10)
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- Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (2:226)
- If they are determined to divorce, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (2:227)