What is the ruling on someone who swore an oath to prevent his son from using WhatsApp during Ramadan due to his distraction from worship, then the son accessed it through another person, and does the ruling differ if the mother saw no harm in it?
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An oath is specialized and restricted by the reason that prompted it. If the reason for the oath was to avoid being preoccupied with WhatsApp to the detriment of worship during , then the oath is broken by viewing messages and responding to them if that distracts from worship, even if it is done by someone else. The reason takes the place of intention when it is absent, and it has the same effect as intention.
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