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Is the mother considered to have broken her oath and is expiation due upon her, after she swore not to sell her harvest to a specific person, then her partner in the land sold that harvest to another person, only for it to become clear that the buyer is a partner with the person she swore against, and he is the one who brought the money and spoke with the mother?

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The mother did not break her oath because the one who sold was her partner, and the sale was not concluded with the person she swore not to sell to, but rather with his partner. The jurists have stipulated that if someone swears not to sell to a specific person, and then sells to that person's agent, they do not break their oath.

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