The Oath is According to the Intention of the One Who Swears

Question :

My friends sat at the door and I invited them to enter, but they excused themselves, so I said to them: "By Allah, the Most Great, you must enter, do not stop there." But they convinced me that they were busy and left. I request clarification from you regarding what is required of me concerning my oath, may Allah reward you.

Answer:

Among the rights of a Muslim upon another Muslim is to help him fulfill his oaths. Since you swore that they should not stand at your door, if you intended that they should not prolong and continue standing there, and still they left after your oath, then your oath was fulfilled since they left and they did not remain. But if you intended only stopping, even for a short while, then they stopped after your oath and thus violated your oath, then you must make the atonement for an unfulfilled oath, which is to feed ten poor persons with an average meal that you would feed to your family, or to clothe them, or to free a slave. And if you are unable to do any of these three things, you must fast for three consecutive days.

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