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What must the questioner do after having falsely sworn to a person who threatened to harm his family, subsequent to that person intentionally colliding with his car then rubbing against it, causing scratches, and the questioner retaliated in kind?

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Lying is one of the great sins, and it is permissible in three cases: reconciling people, war, and a man's conversation with his wife and a woman's with her husband. Scholars have appended to this what is necessitated by dire necessity or urgent need to save a Muslim's life, property, or honor. If a person fears harm to himself and his family, and he swears falsely, we hope that he is excused. It is incumbent upon one who swears falsely as a precaution to offer expiation for breaking an oath. As for damaging the car, the two damages must be assessed; if they are equal, there is nothing, but if they are not equal, then each owes the other according to the extent of the damage.

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