Does breaking an oath not to kill someone by wounding them suffice if the victim later dies from that wound?
Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others
Al-Mughni
Book of Divorce
Primary text
If someone swears an oath, 'I will surely kill him,' and the person dies from a wound previously inflicted by the swearer, the swearer has not fulfilled the oath (Lam Yabirr). Similarly, if someone swears an oath, 'I will not kill him,' and the person dies from the wound, the swearer is not considered to have broken the oath (Lam Yahinth).
Supporting text
It is plausible that fulfillment or breaking of the oath does not occur until both the cause (the wound) and the result (death) coincide on the same day, because killing is only complete when its condition (the wound) and its cause (the lethal act) are present together. Relating the oath solely to the condition without the cause is deemed unlikely.