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What is the expiation for an oath phrased as, "By what is unlawful, you shall not go down to my family's house"?

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Whoever has a wife and swears by the aforementioned formula in the question is considered a muzaahir (one who performs zhihar), and he must do what is incumbent upon a muzaahir if he breaks his oath.

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