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Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

alkafi-6533Vol. 4, p. 140

السَّبْعَةُ الْأَيَّامِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةُ الْأَيَّامِ فِي الْحَجِّ لَا يُفَرَّقُ إِنَّمَا هِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الثَّلَاثَةِ الْأَيَّامِ فِي الْيَمِينِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The seven days and the three days during Hajj are without any interval in between. They are just like three days because of an oath.’”