وَلَا تَجۡعَلُوا اللّٰهَ عُرۡضَةً لِّاَيۡمَانِکُمۡ اَنۡ تَبَرُّوۡا وَتَتَّقُوۡا وَتُصۡلِحُوۡا بَيۡنَ النَّاسِ​ؕ وَاللّٰهُ سَمِيۡعٌ عَلِيۡمٌ‏ ﴿2:224﴾ لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغۡوِ فِىۡٓ اَيۡمَانِكُمۡ وَلٰـكِنۡ يُّؤَاخِذُكُمۡ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ قُلُوۡبُكُمۡ​ؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوۡرٌ حَلِيۡمٌ‏﴿2:225﴾

(2:224) Do not swear by Allah in your oaths if they are intended to hinder you from virtue, piety and promoting the good of mankind.²⁴³Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All- Knowing. (2:225) Allah will not take you to task for the oaths you utter in vain,²⁴⁴ but will certainly take you to task for the oaths you utter in earnest. Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. 

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Notes

243. Authentic Traditions indicate that if a person takes a vow and discovers later that righteousness and common good are best served by breaking that vow then he should do so. Expiation consists in either feeding or providing clothes for ten poor people, or setting free a slave, or fasting for three days (see 5: 89). 

244. This refers to oaths which one utters either through habit or without any intent and purpose. The breach of such vows neither entails expiation nor makes man liable to God’s reproach.