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Is it permissible to swear that what is written in the trust deed is the rent for the retrieval of the outstanding amount?

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There is no harm in swearing that the landlord is owed a certain amount by the tenant, or that he holds a trust for you amounting to this sum. This is considered a form of Tawriya (deliberate ambiguity), where you mean by "trust" what is owed to him from the rent, while the judge understands it as a trust other than the rent. Al-Nawawi held that lying is obligatory if the purpose is obligatory, such as concealing a Muslim from an oppressor, and that swearing an oath through Tawriya is obligatory.

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