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Is saying, "By God, I saw someone who resembles you" as a joke considered a false oath (yamin ghamus) or an idle oath (laghw al-yamin), knowing that the speaker did not see anyone who resembles the addressed person?

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The reference for this is the one who made the oath; if he uttered it unintentionally, then it is a laghw (unintentional) oath, for which there is no expiation, based on the statement of Aisha: "Laghw oaths are what occur in argumentation, jesting, joking, and speech upon which the heart does not firmly intend." However, if he intended it, then it is a ghamus (perjurious) oath.

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