Is swearing "by Allah" during a conversation to reduce taxes, without touching the Quran or performing ablution, considered an oath of immersion (yamin ghamus)?
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Repentance is obligatory for a ghāmus oath, and it is not required for the oath to be on the Qur'an, even though swearing on the Qur'an adds to the sin. It is also not required for the one swearing the oath to be in a state of ritual purity (wudu').
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