Allah does not take you to task for the oaths you utter vainly , but He will certainly take you to task for the oaths you have sworn in earnest . The expiation ( for breaking such oaths ) is either to feed ten needy persons with more or less the same food as you are wont to give to your families , or to clothe them , or to set free from bondage the neck of one man ; and he who does not find the means shall fast for three days .