alkafi-14651Vol. 7, p. 443
سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- لا يُؤاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمانِكُمْ[2] قَالَ اللَّغْوُ قَوْلُ الرَّجُلِ لَا وَ اللَّهِ وَ بَلَى وَ اللَّهِ وَ لَا يَعْقِدُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ.
“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, about the meaning of the words of Allah, ‘. . . Allah will not hold you responsible for your meaningless oaths.’ (2:225) Al-Laghw, (meaningless) is a reference to a man’s saying, ‘La wa Allah, (No, by Allah) Bala waAllah-i, (yes, by Allah)’ and it does not make anything bind