Does telling one's sister what one's brother did count as breaking an oath not to tell anyone, knowing that the sister might help solve the problem?
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The questioner does not break his oath by informing his sister of what is bothering him, because his intention when taking the oath was to conceal the matter only from friends, and the intention of the one who swears an oath specifies its scope.
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