Is an oath to not invite a female colleague into the house unless for a happy occasion, then inviting her to attend her sister's visit, which was considered a happy occasion, an oath that necessitates expiation?
It appears that you are not required to offer expiation (kaffara) as long as you only invite her on happy occasions, and your oath was made to not invite her on other than these occasions. The states: "Whoever takes an oath and then sees something better than it, let him do what is better and offer expiation for his oath." And the Hadith also states: "By Allah, if Allah wills, I will not swear an oath and then see something better than it, except that I will offer expiation for my oath and do that which is better, or do that which is better and offer expiation for my oath." So, if you see something better than your oath, then the is to offer expiation and do what is good.
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