No expiation is due for an oath that is intended for showing hospitality, not commitment
Should one offer an expiation when he takes an oath, even if he swore to do something permissible? For example, if a person invites someone to a meal and offers him food saying, "I swear by Allaah, you must eat" (as a gesture of hospitality and generosity).
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In fact, expiation is due when one breaks his binding oath. However, if a person swears that someone else must eat something and this person does not eat; if his intention was binding him to eat and he does not, the oath-taker is obliged to pay expiation for breaking that oath. However, if his intention was merely to show hospitality and generosity to this person, scholars held different opinions regarding whether or not he is obliged to pay expiation. The preponderant opinion is that he is not obliged to pay expiation since the hospitality and generosity have been shown and the oath has not been broken in this sense. Allaah Knows best.
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