Is expiation incumbent upon one who swore an oath loudly at first, then continued softly, moving his tongue and lips, and is expiation repeated with the repetition of breaking an oath to abstain from something for a year?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
As long as you are not certain that you uttered the oath, then no expiation is due from you. An oath is not binding unless it is pronounced verbally, and nothing is bound by inner thoughts. Moving the tongue and lips in a way that is unintelligible is not considered pronunciation. For an oath to be binding, the letters must be uttered and produced from their proper articulation points.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/173520
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 173520
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy