Section: If he swears not to speak to him, then connects his oath with his speech, such as saying: "Verify that," or "Go," our companions said: "He violates his oath." The companions of Abu Hanifa said: "He does not violate his oath with a small amount, because this is the completion of the first speech, and what his oath necessitates is that he does not speak to him in a resumed manner." Our companions argued that this small amount is speech from him to the other in reality, and it occurred after his oath, so he violates his oath by it, just as if he had separated it. Furthermore, that which causes him to violate his oath if he separates it, also causes him to violate his oath if he connects it, like [in the case of] a large amount of speech. Regarding their argument that the oath necessitates a resumed address, we say: "This address is resumed, distinct from the first, as evidenced by the fact that if he were to break it off, he would violate his oath by it." The analogy of the school is that he does not violate his oath, because the context of his connecting this speech to his oath indicates the intent of speech that he would resume after the conclusion of this connected speech, so he does not violate his oath by it, just as if the intention were present in reality. If he intends speech other than this, he does not violate his oath by this in both schools.

Section: If he leads the person sworn against in prayer, then concludes the prayer with the salutation (salam), he does not violate his oath. Ahmad explicitly stated this. Abu Hanifa also said this. The companions of al-Shafi'i said: "He violates his oath, because it is prescribed for him to intend the greeting of those present." We argue that it is a statement prescribed in the prayer, [so he does not violate his oath by it], like the takbir [reciting Allahu Akbar] of the prayer, and the intention of those present by his greeting is not mandatory in the salutation. If he becomes unable to recite in the prayer and the swearer prompts him, he does not violate his oath, because that is the speech of God Almighty, and it is not the speech of human beings.

Section: If he swears not to speak, then recites [the Qur'an], he does not violate his oath. Al-Shafi'i held this view. Abu Hanifa said: "If he recites while in the prayer, he does not violate his oath; but if he recites outside of it, he violates his oath, because he is speaking with the speech of God." And if he remembers God Almighty, he does not violate his oath. The implication of the school of Abu Hanifa is that he violates his oath, because it is speech, as God Almighty said...