A woman who swore by freeing her slave girl not to speak to her neighbour, and the slave girl died

Ata was asked about a woman who swore by the freeing of her slave girl that she would not speak to her neighbour for four years; then her slave girl died, and the woman wishes to speak to her neighbour. Ata said: She may speak to her and give something in charity.

Ibn Abi Mulaykah said: I do not consider her to have broken her oath.