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Is saying "if God makes that easy for me" considered breaking an oath not to say a certain thing, or is it a lie, if answering directly with yes or no would lead to one of the two?

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If a woman swears not to speak about a specific matter, such as buying a house, a car, or marriage, and then she is asked about it and says, "If Allah makes it easy for me," she has broken her oath, because this is considered speaking about the matter. It would have been better for her to inform the questioner that she had sworn not to speak about it. She must offer expiation for breaking an oath, which is feeding ten poor persons, or clothing them, or emancipating a slave. If she cannot find any of these, then she must fast for three days, based on the verse: "Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten poor persons from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But he who finds not [the means to do so] - then a fast of three days. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. And guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful." {Al-Ma'idah: 89}

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