What is the ruling on someone who swore a repeated oath by saying, "By Allah, every time I go to a friend of mine, an expiation for an oath will be upon me," and then broke his oath ten times, after which he offered two expiations for the first two times? Does he offer one expiation for the remaining eight times, or eight expiations? And what if the breach of oath increases by three more times? Is one expiation sufficient for an oath that implies repetition if he did not offer expiation for the first instance?

If you swore, saying: "By Allah, every time I go to a friend of mine, an expiation for an oath will be incumbent upon me," and you went ten times, then ten expiations are incumbent upon you. This is because the word "every time" indicates repetition, and with each subsequent visit, an expiation for an oath is likewise incumbent upon you. This is what the statements of jurists like Ad-Dardir Al-Maliki and Ar-Ramli indicate.

A Muslim should not make frequent oaths, as Allah Almighty says: "And do not make [your oath by] Allah an obstacle to your charity or righteousness or reconciliation between people," and "And guard your oaths." Guarding oaths means reducing them, or protecting oneself from breaking them, or performing expiation upon breaking them.