If one simply uses the words “watermelon,” “dates,” or “nuts,” the Indian varieties—such as tamarind and coconut—are not covered by the oath. The word taʿām (food) embraces staple nourishment, fruit, relishes, and sweets. Should he say, “I will not eat from this cow,” the oath pertains only to its meat, not to its calf or its milk; and if he says, “from this tree,” it applies to its fruit, not to its leaves or the tips of its branches.

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• If someone swears, “I will not eat this date,” and it becomes mixed with other dates, then he eats the mixture leaving out a single date, he has not perjured himself.
• If, instead, he swears, “I will certainly eat it,” and it becomes mixed, he does not fulfil his oath unless he eats the entire mixture.
• If he swears, “I will certainly eat this pomegranate,” he fulfils the oath only by eating all of its seeds.
• If he swears, “I will not wear these two,” wearing either one alone does not break the oath, but wearing them both—whether together or in succession—does.
• If he says, “I will not wear this and I will not wear this,” wearing either of them suffices to break the oath.
• If he swears, “I will certainly eat this food tomorrow,” and dies before tomorrow arrives, nothing is required of him. If he dies, or the food is lost, on the morrow after he had already been able to eat it, he is perjured; while if the loss occurs before he had that ability, there are two opinions, parallel to the ruling for compulsion.
• If he himself destroys the food—by eating it prematurely or by any other means—before the morrow, he is perjured; but if it perishes on its own or someone else destroys it, the ruling is that of coercion.
• If he swears, “I will certainly settle your claim when the crescent appears,” he must pay at sunset on the last day of the month. Paying earlier, or delaying after sunset for as long as he could have paid, constitutes perjury. Should he begin measuring out the payment at that moment and, because of its quantity, not finish until later, he is not perjured.
• If he swears, “I will not speak,” then glorifies Allah or recites Qurʾan, he is not perjured.
• If he swears, “I will not speak to him,” yet greets him with salām, he is perjured. Writing to him, sending a message, or signaling with the hand, however, does not count as speaking according to the later opinion.
• If he recites a verse—or makes his meaning known through it—while genuinely intending recitation, he is not perjured.
• If he swears, “He owns no wealth,” he breaks his oath by the existence of any property whatsoever, however slight—even the garment he is wearing or a mudabbar (a slave whose emancipation is deferred until the owner’s death).