For a detailed discussion of which kinds of oaths are permissable or acceptable from a Biblical perspective as well as in Islamic understanding, see the article Allah's Oaths.

al-Baqarah 2:224; an-Nahl 16:92,94; al-Mu'minun 23:8; al-Fath 48:10; al-Ma`arij 70:32

• atonement for broken ones, al-Ma'idah 5:89; an-Nahl 16:91; al-Mumtahanah 60:12; at-Tahrim 66:2

  • feeding or clothing 10, freeing a slave, fasting for 3 days, al-Ma'idah 5:89

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