Is an oath regarding the consumption of a specific item broken if the item is destroyed before the sworn time?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Expiations

Book 60 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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If a person swears by Allah, saying, 'I will drink the water in this jug tomorrow,' and the water spills today, or, 'I will eat this bread tomorrow,' and the bread perishes, the oath is broken, similar to the ruling concerning a slave that is decreed lost. This ruling is held because the object of the oath is not within the person's absolute power to preserve. This principle applies when the subject matter becomes impossible to attain or use as intended.