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What is the ruling on repeatedly doing something I swore by the Qur'an to abandon, and what is required of me concerning this oath?

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If someone swears by Allah or by one of His attributes and then breaks their oath, they are required to offer an expiation (kaffarat yamin): feeding ten poor people, or clothing them, or emancipating a slave. If they cannot afford any of these, then they must fast for three days. Swearing on the Qur’an is a way of emphasizing and reinforcing the oath, and the expiation becomes obligatory whether anyone knows about it or not.

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