Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that an oath is a yameen (sworn statement).

Hazrat Mujahid says that an oath is a yameen, then he recited this verse, { وَاَقْسَمُوْا بِاللّٰہِ جَھْدَ اَیْمَانِھِمْ }.

Ibrahim says that "Aqsamtu" (I swore an oath) is an oath.

Hazrat Abu Al-Bakhtari narrates that a man swore an oath that he would not drink the milk of his wife's goat. Hazrat Abdullah said: It is preferable for his soul that he should offer expiation for his oath.

Ibrahim says that if a person makes another person swear an oath and then causes him to break that oath, he said: I prefer that he should pay the expiation for his oath.

Hazrat Abu Al-Minhāl says that if a person makes someone swear an oath and then causes him to break it, Hazrat Abu Al-‘Āliyah says: Pay the expiation for your oath.

Hasan says that when a person makes someone else swear an oath, and then that person breaks the oath, there is no expiation upon him, unless he himself swears the oath. Then, when he swears the oath and breaks it, expiation is due upon him.

Hazrat Hakam says that an oath is a yameen (sworn statement).

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says that an oath is a yameen (sworn statement).

Hazrat Bakr says that when a person makes someone take an oath and then causes him to break it, the sin will be upon the one who caused him to break it, because when he made him take the oath, he trusted him.

Hazrat Alqamah says that an oath is a yameen (sworn statement).