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What should I do, as I swore falsely upon the Book of Allah concerning my harassment of one of my محارم (unmarriageable kin), fearing the disintegration of the family, and I am remorseful and have repented to Allah?

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You must conceal your own actions and not confess to your father the heinous sin, because among the matters in which lying is permissible is denying a sin to conceal oneself or others, as long as it was not committed openly. If you are compelled to swear an oath, use dissimulation (tawriya).

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