Is a single expiation for an oath obligatory upon a mother who swears many oaths concerning her children and does not fulfill some of them?
Excessive swearing is disliked because it weakens the value of an oath and increases the possibility of falling into a false oath. Oaths are of two types:
1. Binding Oath (al- al-Mun'aqidah): If you intend an oath concerning a future matter, then you must offer expiation () for the oath. If the oaths are about a single thing, then one expiation is sufficient. If they are about multiple matters, then there is an expiation for each matter upon its occurrence. If it is a single oath concerning multiple matters, then one expiation is sufficient upon the performance of any of them or all of them.
2. Inadvertent Oath (Laghw al-Yamin): If the oath is made unintentionally, or as a slip of the tongue, or based on the belief that something is true which later proves to be false, or if the swearer believes that the matter sworn upon will not contradict their oath but it does, then there is no expiation required for it.
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