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?
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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