Solemn vow
Qasam
Useful information: If a person takes an oath that he would do such and such act (e.g. that he will fast) or will refrain from doing such and such act (e.g. that he will not smoke tobacco), but does not act according to his oath, he should make atonement for it viz. he should set a slave free, or should feed fully ten indigent persons or should provide dress to ten indigent persons. In case, how · ever, he is not able to perform these acts he should fast for three consecutive days.
There are certain conditions for taking an oath. They are as below: j (i) A person who takes an oath should be adult and sane and should take oath with intention. Hence taking an oath by a child, an insane person, an intoxicated person, or a person who has been coerced to take an oath is not in order. And the position is the same if he takes an oath unintentionally in a state of ; excitement.