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Is expiation required of one who said, "By God, it's done," without intending anything specific, and then ate of another kind?

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There is no expiation incumbent upon you, because you did not intend to swear an oath about eating. Rather, you intended one of two things: either to inform that you were full, or the oath merely slipped from your tongue without intention. This is the 'laghw al-yameen' (unintentional oath) which Allah has pardoned. Thus, there is no expiation for it, nor any sin, as Allah the Almighty says: "Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths."

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