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Is the husband's statement to his wife in a state of anger: "By Allah, I will start treating you like my sister," with the intention of not approaching her physically and not divorce, considered an oath that necessitates an expiation for an oath?

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This is not ẓihār; rather, it is in the category of īlāʾ. If the man wishes to have intercourse with his wife, he must offer an expiation for an oath.

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