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What is the ruling on a girl swearing by saying: "By God, if I were a man, I would do such and such," when she means it, as in her saying: "By God, if I were a man, I would take my family for Umrah?"

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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This type of oath is considered vain (laghw) because it is contingent upon something ordinarily impossible. Therefore, nothing is binding in it. Examples include someone saying: "By Allah, if I fly," or "if I ascend to the sky," or "if the dead person wills," or "if I turn stone into gold," or "if I combine two opposites," or "if I bring back yesterday."

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