Is expiation required of one who swore not to tell anyone a story, then told his mother, thinking that saying "By Allah, I do not know" is not an oath, and is telling her justified because the story concerns the whole household?
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A person who breaks an oath must offer an expiation for the oath. This consists of feeding ten needy persons, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If none of these are possible, then fasting for three days.
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