What is the ruling on swearing by "and by God, in your hand" in this situation?
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If you intended in your heart, when swearing an oath not to drink tea, that this oath should be binding, then it is a binding oath. If you drink tea, you will have broken your oath and expiation will be incumbent upon you. However, if you did not intend that, and it was merely a customary utterance that flows from people's tongues, then it is a 'laghw' (unintentional) oath, and nothing is incumbent upon you for it.
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