Category: Oaths – Vows

I came to the Prophet ﷺ and he said to me, “Come near.” So I went near to him and he said, “Are your lice troubling you?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “(Shave your head and) make expiation in the form of fasting, Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice.” (The sub-narrator) Aiyub said, “Fasting should be for three days, and the Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given to six poor persons.”

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet ﷺ said, “What is the matter with you?” He said, “I had sexual relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Have you got enough to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you fast for two successive months?” The man said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” The man said, “No.” Then the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Sit down,” and he sat down. Afterwards an ‘Irq, i.e., a big basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Take this and give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than we?” On that, the Prophet ﷺ smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and then told him, “Feed your family with it.” (See Hadith No. 157, Vol 3)

A man came to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “What is the matter?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet ﷺ said to him?” “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you fast for two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said, “No.” Then an Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The Prophet ﷺ said (to the man), “Take this (basket) and give it in charity.” That man said, “To poorer people than we, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth! There is no house in between the two mountains (of the city of Al-Madina) poorer than we.” So the Prophet ﷺ said (to him), “Go and feed it to your family.”

A man came to the Prophets and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet ﷺ said, “What is the matter with you?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan” The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you fast for two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said, “I have nothing.” Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said (to him), “Take this basket and give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Al-Madina’s) two mountains who is poorer than we.” The Prophet ﷺ then said, “Take it and feed your family with it.”

As-Sa’ib bin Yazid said, “The Sa’ at the time of the Prophet ﷺ was equal to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul Aziz.”

Ibn ‘Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Qutaiba said, “Malik said to us, ‘Our Mudd (i.e., of Al-Madina) is better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ!’ Malik further said, to me, ‘If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet ﷺ, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?’ I replied, ‘We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ‘ On that, Malik said, ‘Then, don’t you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ﷺ ultimately?'”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their measures, Sa’ and Mudd (i.e., of the people of Al-Madina) “

The Prophet ﷺ said, “If somebody manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will save from the Fire every part of his body for freeing the corresponding parts of the slave’s body, even his private parts will be saved from the Fire) because of freeing the slave’s private parts.”

Jabir said: An Ansari man made his slave a Mudabbar and he had no other property than him. When the Prophet ﷺ heard of that, he said (to his companions), “Who wants to buy him (i.e., the slave) for me?” Nu’aim bin An-Nahham bought him for eight hundred Dirhams. I heard Jabir saying, “That was a coptic slave who died in the same year.”

that she intended to buy Barira (a slave girl) and her masters stipulated that they would have her Wala’. When ‘Aishah mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ ; he said, “Buy her, for the Wala’ is for the one who manumits.”

I went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ along with a group of people from (the tribe of) Al-Ash’ari, asking for mounts. The Prophet ﷺ said, “By Allah, I will not give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount you on.” We stayed there as long as Allah wished, and after that, some camels were brought to the Prophet ﷺ and he ordered that we be given three camels. When we set out, some of us said to others, “Allah will not bless us, as we all went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ asking him for mounts, and although he had sworn that he would not give us mounts, he did give us.” So we returned to the Prophet ﷺ; and mentioned that to him. He said, “I have not provided you with mounts, but Allah has. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath, and then see that another is better than the first, I make expiration for my (dissolved) oath, and do what is better and make expiration.”

the same narration above (i.e. 709), “I make expiation for my dissolved oath, and I do what is better, or do what is better and make expiation.”

(The Prophet ﷺ) Solomon said, “Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety wives, each of whom will get a male child who will fight for Allah’s Cause.” On that, his companion (Sufyan said that his companion was an angel) said to him, “Say, “If Allah will (Allah willing).” But Solomon forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the women gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a halfboy. Abu Hurairah added: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If Solomon had said, “If Allah will” (Allah willing), he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would have attained what he had desired.” Once Abu Hurairah added: Allah messenger said, “If he had accepted.”

We were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash’sari, and as there were ties of friendship and mutual favors between us and his tribe. His meal was presented before him and there was chicken meat in it. Among those who were present there was a man from Bani Taimillah having a red complexion as a non-Arab freed slave, and that man did not approach the meal. Abu Musa said to him, “Come along! I have seen Allah’s Messenger ﷺ eating of that (i.e., chicken).” The man said, “I have seen it (chickens) eating something I regarded as dirty, and so I have taken an oath that I shall not eat (its meat) chicken.” Abu Musa said, “Come along! I will inform you about it (i.e., your oath).

Once we went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ in company with a group of Ash’airiyin, asking him for mounts while he was distributing some camels from the camels of Zakat. (Aiyub said, “I think he said that the Prophet ﷺ was in an angry mood at the time.”) The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘By Allah! I will not give you mounts, and I have nothing to mount you on.’ After we had left, some camels of booty were brought to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and he said, “Where are those Ash’ariyin? Where are those Ash’ariyin?” So we went (to him) and he gave us five very fat good-looking camels. We mounted them and went away, and then I said to my companions, ‘We went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ to give us mounts, but he took an oath that he would not give us mounts, and then later on he sent for us and gave us mounts, perhaps Allah’s Messenger ﷺ forgot his oath. By Allah, we will never be successful, for we have taken advantage of the fact that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ forgot to fulfill his oath. So let us return to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ to remind him of his oath.’ We returned and said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! We came to you and asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us mounts) but later on you gave us mounts, and we thought or considered that you have forgotten your oath.’ The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Depart, for Allah has given you Mounts. By Allah, Allah willing, if I take an oath and then later find another thing better than that, I do what is better, and make expiation for the oath.’ “

the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).

the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “(O ‘Abdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath.”

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he said, “If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first one, then I do what is better and make expiation for my oath.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “O ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for it, then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and later you find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation for your oath.”

I went to the Prophet ﷺ along with a group of Al-Ash’ariyin in order to request him to provide us with mounts. He said, “By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven’t got anything to mount you on.” Then we stayed there as long as Allah wished us to stay, and then three very nice looking she-camels were brought to him and he made us ride them. When we left, we, or some of us, said, “By Allah, we will not be blessed, as we came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him for mounts, and he swore that he would not give us any mounts but then he did give us. So let us go back to the Prophet ﷺ and remind him (of his oath).” When we returned to him (and reminded him of the fact), he said, “I did not give you mounts, but it is Allah Who gave you. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath to do something and then I find something else than the first, I will make expiation for my oath and do the thing which is better (or do something which is better and give the expiation for my oath).”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “We (Muslims) are the last in the world, but will be foremost on the Day of Resurrection.”

6625. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ also said, “By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by which he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah’s sight than that of dissolving his oath and making expiation for it.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather compensate for that oath by making expiation.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ sent an army detachment and made Usama bin Zaid its commander. Some people criticized (spoke badly of) Usama’s leadership. So Allah’s Messenger ﷺ got up saying, “If you people are criticizing Usama’s leadership, you have already criticized the leadership of his father before. But Wa-aimullah (i.e., By Allah), he (i.e. Zaid) deserved the leadership, and he was one of the most beloved persons to me; and now this (his son Usama) is one of the dearest persons to me after him.” (See Hadith No. 745, Vol. 5)

The oath of the Prophet ﷺ used to be: “No, by Him who turns the hearts.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “If Caesar is ruined, there will be no Caesar after him; and if Khosrau is ruined, there will be no Khosrau, after him; and, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, surely you will spend their treasures in Allah’s Cause.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “If Khosrau is ruined, there will be no Khosrau after him; and if Caesar is ruined, there will be no Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is, surely you will spend their treasures in Allah’s Cause.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “O followers of Muhammad ﷺ! By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would weep much and laugh little.”

We were with the Prophet ﷺ and he was holding the hand of ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab. ‘Umar said to Him, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! You are dearer to me than everything except my own self.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete faith) till I am dearer to you than your own self.” Then ‘Umar said to him, “However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own self.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Now, O ‘Umar, (now you are a believer).”

Two men had a dispute in the presence of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ. One of them said, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! Judge between us according to Allah’s Laws.” The other who was wiser, said, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! Judge between us according to Allah’s Laws and allow me to speak. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Speak.” He said, “My son was a laborer serving this (person) and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, The people said that my son is to be stoned to death, but I ransomed him with one-hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the learned people, who informed me that my son should receive one hundred lashes and will be exiled for one year, and stoning will be the lot for the man’s wife.” Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Indeed, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge between you according to Allah’s Laws: As for your sheep and slave girl, they are to be returned to you.” Then he scourged his son one hundred lashes and exiled him for one year. Then Unais Al-Aslami was ordered to go to the wife of the second man, and if she confessed (the crime), then stone her to death. She did confess, so he stoned her to death.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Do you think if the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina and Juhaina are better than the tribes of Tamim, ‘Amir bin Sa’sa’a, Ghatfan and Asad, they (the second group) are despairing and losing?” They (the Prophet’s ﷺ companions) said, “Yes, (they are).” He said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, they (the first group) are better than them (the second group).”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ employed an employee (to collect Zakat). The employee returned after completing his job and said, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! This (amount of Zakat) is for you, and this (other amount) was given to me as a present.” The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Why didn’t you stay at your father’s or mother’s house and see if you would be given presents or not?” Then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ got up in the evening after the prayer, and having testified that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and praised and glorified Allah as He deserved, he said, “Now then ! What about an employee whom we employ and then he comes and says, ‘This amount (of Zakat) is for you, and this (amount) was given to me as a present’? Why didn’t he stay at the house of his father and mother to see if he would be given presents or not? By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is, none of you will steal anything of it (i.e. Zakat) but will bring it by carrying it over his neck on the Day of Resurrection. If it has been a camel, he will bring it (over his neck) while it will be grunting, and if it has been a cow, he will bring it (over his neck), while it will be mooing; and if it has been a sheep, he will bring it (over his neck) while it will be bleeding.” The Prophet ﷺ added, “I have preached you (Allah’s Message).” Abu Humaid said, “Then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ raised his hands so high that we saw the whiteness of his armpits.”

Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is, if you know that which I know, you would weep much and laugh little.”

I reached him (the Prophet ﷺ ) while in the shade of the Ka’bah; he was saying, “They are the losers, by the Lord of the Ka’bah! They are the losers, by the Lord of the Ka’bah!” I said (to myself ), “What is wrong with me? Is anything improper detected in me? What is wrong with me? Then I sat beside him and he kept on saying his statement. I could not remain quiet, and Allah knows in what sorrowful state I was at that time. So I said, ‘ Who are they (the losers)? Let My father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ!” He said, “They are the wealthy people, except the one who does like this and like this and like this (i.e., spends of his wealth in Allah’s Cause).”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “(The Prophet ﷺ) Solomon once said, ‘Tonight I will sleep with ninety women, each of whom will bring forth a (would-be) cavalier who will fight in Allah’s Cause.” On this, his companion said to him, “Say: Allah willing!” But he did not say Allah willing. Solomon then slept with all the women, but none of them became pregnant but one woman who later delivered a half-man. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is, if he (Solomon) had said, ‘Allah willing’ (all his wives would have brought forth boys) and they would have fought in Allah’s Cause as cavaliers. “

A piece of silken cloth was given to the Prophet ﷺ as a present and the people handed it over amongst themselves and were astonished at its beauty and softness. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Are you astonished at it?” They said, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ!” He said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the handkerchiefs of Sa’d in Paradise are better than it.”

Hind bint ‘Utba bin Rabi ‘a said, “O Allah ‘s Messenger ﷺ! (Before I embraced Islam), there was no family on the surface of the earth, I wish to have degraded more than I did your family. But today there is no family whom I wish to have honored more than I did yours.” Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “I thought similarly, by Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is!” Hind said, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! (My husband) Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to feed my children from his property?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “No, unless you take it for your needs what is just and reasonable.”

While Allah’s Messenger ﷺ was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to his companions, “Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?” They said, ‘Yes.’ He said “Won’t you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise” They said, “Yes.” He said, “By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise.”

A man heard another man reciting: Surat-ul-Ikhlas (The Unity) ‘Say: He is Allah, the One (112) and he was repeating it. The next morning he came to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and mentioned the whole story to him as if he regarded the recitation of that Sura as insufficient On that, Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! That (Sura No. 112) equals one-third of the Qur’an.”

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, “Perform the bowing and the prostration properly (with peace of mind), for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I see you from behind my back when you bow and when you prostrate.”

An Ansari woman came to the Prophet ﷺ in the company of her children, and the Prophet ﷺ said to her, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me!” And he repeated the statement thrice.

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ met ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders, and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers, so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet.”

I heard ‘Umar saying, “Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said to me, ‘Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers.'” ‘Umar said, “By Allah! Since I heard that from the Prophet ﷺ, I have not taken such an oath, neither intentionally, nor by reporting the oath of someone else.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Do not swear by your fathers.”

There was a relation of love and brotherhood between this tribe of Jarm and Al-Ash’ariyin. Once we were with Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, and then a meal containing chicken was brought to Abu Musa, and there was present, a man from the tribe of Taimillah who was of red complexion as if he were from non-Arab freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to the meal. He said, “I have seen chickens eating dirty things, so I deemed it filthy and took an oath that I would never eat chicken.” On that, Abu Musa said, “Get up, I will narrate to you about that. Once a group of the Ash’ariyin and I went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and asked him to provide us with mounts; he said, ‘By Allah, I will never give you any mounts nor do I have anything to mount you on.’ Then a few camels of war booty were brought to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ , and he asked about us, saying, ‘Where are the Ash-‘ariyin?’ He then ordered five nice camels to be given to us, and when we had departed, we said, ‘What have we done? Allah’s Messenger ﷺ had taken the oath not to give us any mounts, and that he had nothing to mount us on, and later he gave us that we might ride? Did we take advantage of the fact that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ had forgotten his oath? By Allah, we will never succeed.’ So we went back to him and said to him, ‘We came to you to give us mounts, and you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts and that you had nothing to mount us on.’ On that he said, ‘I did not provide you with mounts, but Allah did. By Allah, if I take an oath to do something, and then find something else better than it, I do that which is better and make expiation for the dissolution of the oath.’ “

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever swears saying in his oath. ‘By Al-Lat and Al’Uzza,’ should say, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah; and whoever says to his friend, ‘Come, let me gamble with you,’ should give something in charity.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ had a gold ring made for himself, and he used to wear it with the stone towards the inner part of his hand. Consequently, the people had similar rings made for themselves. Afterwards the Prophet ﷺ; sat on the pulpit and took it off, saying, “I used to wear this ring and keep its stone towards the palm of my hand.” He then threw it away and said, “By Allah, I will never wear it.” Therefore all the people threw away their rings as well.

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, is, as he says; and whoever commits suicide with something, will be punished with the same thing in the (Hell) Fire; and cursing a believer is like murdering him; and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is as if he had killed him.”

6653. Narrated Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu anhu) that he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, “Allah decided to test three Israeli persons. So, He sent an angel who came first to the leper and said, ‘(I am a traveller) who has run short of all means of living, and I have nobody to help me except Allah, and then with your help.'” Abu Hurairah then mentioned the complete narration.
[See Vol. 4, Hadith No. 3464 for details.]

The Prophet ﷺ ordered us to help others to fulfill the oaths.

Once a daughter of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ sent a message to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ while Usama, Sa’d, and my father or Ubai were (sitting there) with him. She said, (in the message); My child is going to die; please come to us.” Allah’s Messenger ﷺ returned the messenger and told him to convey his greetings to her, and say, “Whatever Allah takes, is for Him and whatever He gives is for Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world): so she should be patient and hope for Allah’s reward.” Then she again sent for him swearing that he should come; so The Prophet ﷺ got up, and so did we. When he sat there (at the house of his daughter), the child was brought to him, and he took him into his lap while the child’s breath was disturbed in his chest. The eyes of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ started shedding tears. Sa’d said, “What is this, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “This is the mercy which Allah has lodged in the hearts of whoever He wants of His slaves, and verily Allah is merciful only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others).’

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Any Muslim who has lost three of his children will not be touched by the Fire except that which will render Allah’s oath fulfilled.”

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, “Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person.”

The Prophet ﷺ was asked, “Who are the best people?” He replied: The people of my generation, and then those who will follow (come after) them, and then those who will come after the later; after that there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths and their oaths will go ahead of their witness.” Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, “When we were young, our elder friends used to prohibit us from taking oaths by saying, ‘I bear witness swearing by Allah, or by Allah’s Covenant.”‘

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever swears falsely in order to grab the property of a Muslim (or of his brother), Allah will be angry with him when he meets Him.” Allah then revealed in confirmation of the above statement:–‘Verily those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their own oaths.’ (3.77)

6660. Al-Ash’ath said, “This Verse was revealed regarding me and a companion of mine when we had a dispute about a well.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “The Hell Fire will keep on saying: ‘Are there anymore (people to come)?’ Till the Lord of Power and Honor will put His Foot over it and then it will say, ‘Qat! Qat! (sufficient! sufficient!) by Your Power and Honor. And its various sides will come close to each other (i.e., it will contract). “

I heard ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Said bin Al-Musaiyab, ‘Alqama bin Waqqas and ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Abdullah narrating from ‘Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, the story about the liars who said what they said about her and how Allah revealed her innocence afterwards. Each one of the above four narrators narrated to me a portion of her narration. (It was said in it), “The Prophet ﷺ stood up, saying, ‘Is there anyone who can relieve me from ‘Abdullah bin Ubai?’ On that, Usaid bin Hudair got up and said to Sa’d bin ‘Ubada, La’amrullahi (By the Eternity of Allah), we will kill him!’ “

regarding: ‘Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths…’ (2.225) This Verse was revealed concerning such oath formulas as: ‘No, by Allah!’ and ‘Yes, by Allah!’ something against his oath due to forgetfulness should he make expiation?). And the Statement of Allah: ‘And there is no blame on you if you make a mistake therein.’ (33.5) And Allah said:– ‘(Moses said to Khadir): Call me not to account for what I forgot.’ (18.73)

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah forgives my followers those (evil deeds) their souls may whisper or suggest to them as long as they do not act (on it) or speak.”

While the Prophet ﷺ was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr (i.e., 10th Dhul-Hijja-Day of slaughtering the sacrifice), a man got up saying, “I thought, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ, such-and-such a thing was to be done before such-and-such a thing.” Another man got up, saying, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! As regards these three (acts of Hajj), thought so-and-so.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Do, and there is no harm,” concerning all those matters on that day. And so, on that day, whatever question he was asked, he said, “Do it, do it, and there is no harm therein.”

A man said to the Prophet ﷺ (while he was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr), “I have performed the Tawaf round the Ka’bah before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “There is no harm (therein).” Another man said, “I had my head shaved before slaughtering (the sacrifice).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “There is no harm.” A third said, “I have slaughtered (the sacrifice) before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “There is no harm.”

A man entered the mosque and started praying while Allah’s Messenger ﷺ was sitting somewhere in the mosque. Then (after finishing the prayer) the man came to the Prophet ﷺ and greeted him. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. The man went back, and having prayed, he came and greeted the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ after returning his greetings said, “Go back and pray, for you did not pray.” On the third time the man said, “(O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ!) teach me (how to pray).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “When you get up for the prayer, perform the ablution properly and then face the Qibla and say Takbir (Allahu Akbar), and then recite of what you know of the Qur’an, and then bow, and remain in this state till you feel at rest in bowing, and then raise your head and stand straight; and then prostrate till you feel at rest in prostration, and then sit up till you feel at rest while sitting; and then prostrate again till you feel at rest in prostration; and then get up and stand straight, and do all this in all your prayers.”

When the pagans were defeated during the (first stage) of the battle of Uhud, Satan shouted, “O Allah’s slaves! Beware of what is behind you!” So the front files of the Muslims attacked their own back files. Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman looked and on seeing his father he shouted: “My father! My father!” By Allah! The people did not stop till they killed his father. Hudhaifa then said, “May Allah forgive you.” ‘Urwa (the sub-narrator) added, “Hudhaifa continued asking Allah forgiveness for the killers of his father till he met Allah (till he died).”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “If somebody eats something forgetfully while he is fasting, then he should complete his fast, for Allah has made him eat and drink.”

Once Allah’s Messenger ﷺ led us in prayer, and after finishing the first two Rak’at, got up (instead of sitting for At-Tahiyyat) and then carried on with the prayer. When he had finished his prayer, the people were waiting for him to say Taslim, but before saying Tasiim, he said Takbir and prostrated; then he raised his head, and saying Takbir, he prostrated (SAHU) and then raised his head and finished his prayer with Taslim.

that Allah’s Prophet ﷺ led them in the Zuhr prayer and he offered either more or less Rak’at, and it was said to him, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ ! Has the prayer been reduced, or have you forgotten?” He asked, “What is that?” They said, “You have prayed so many Rak’at.” So he performed with them two more prostrations and said, “These two prostrations are to be performed by the person who does not know whether he has prayed more or less (Rak’at) in which case he should seek to follow what is right. And then complete the rest (of the prayer) and perform two extra prostrations.”

that he heard Allah’s Messenger ﷺ saying, “(Moses) said, ‘Call me not to account for what I forget and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you)’ (18.73) the first excuse of Moses was his forgetfulness.”

6673. Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib that once he had a guest, so he told his family (on the Day of Id-ul-Adha) that they should slaughter the animal for sacrifice before he returned from the (‘Id) prayer in order that their guest could take his meal. So his family slaughtered (the animal ) before the prayer. Then they mentioned that event to the Prophet ﷺ who ordered Al-Bara to slaughter another sacrifice. Al-Bara’ said to the Prophet ﷺ , “I have a young milch she-goat which is better than two sheep for slaughtering.” (The sub-narrator, Ibn ‘Aun used to say, “I don’t know whether the permission (to slaughter a she-goat as a sacrifice) was especially given to Al-Bara’ or if it was in general for all the Muslims.”) (See Hadith No. 99, Vol. 2.)

I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ offering the ‘Id prayer (and after finishing it) he delivered a sermon and said, “Whoever has slaughtered his sacrifice (before the prayer) should make up for it (i.e. slaughter another animal) and whoever has not slaughtered his sacrifice yet, should slaughter it by mentioning Allah’s Name over it.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “The biggest sins are: To join others in worship with Allah; to be undutiful to one’s parents; to kill somebody unlawfully; and to take an oath Al-Ghamus.

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “If somebody is ordered (by the ruler or the judge) to take an oath, and he takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allah’s Wrath when he will meet Him.” And Allah revealed in its confirmation: ‘Verily! Those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s covenants and their own oaths.’ (3.77)

6677. (The sub-narrator added:) Al-Ash’ath bin Qais entered, saying, “What did Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman narrate to you?” They said, “So-and-so,” Al-Ash’ath said, “This verse was revealed in my connection. I had a well on the land of my cousin (and we had a dispute about it). I reported him to Allah ‘s Messenger ﷺ who said (to me). “You should give evidence (i.e. witness) otherwise the oath of your opponent will render your claim invalid.” I said, “Then he (my opponent) will take the oath, O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ.” Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “Whoever is ordered (by the ruler or the judge) to give an oath, and he takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allah’s Wrath when he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection.”

My companions sent me to the Prophet ﷺ to ask him for some mounts. He said, “By Allah! I will not mount you on anything!” When I met him, he was in an angry mood, but when I met him (again), he said, “Tell your companions that Allah or Allah’s Messenger ﷺ will provide you with mounts.”

I heard ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Said bin Al-Musaiyab, ‘Alqama bin Waqqas and ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Uqba relating from ‘Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ the narration of the people (i.e. the liars) who spread the slander against her and they said what they said, and how Allah revealed her innocence. Each of them related to me a portion of that narration. (They said that ‘Aishah said), ”Then Allah revealed the ten Verses starting with:–‘Verily! Those who spread the slander..’ (24.11-21)

All these verses were in proof of my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to provide for Mistah some financial aid because of his relation to him, said, “By Allah, I will never give anything (in charity) to Mistah, after what he has said about ‘Aishah” Then Allah revealed:– ‘And let not those among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kins men….’ (24.22) On that, Abu Bakr said, “Yes, by Allah, I like that Allah should forgive me.” and then resumed giving Mistah the aid he used to give him and said, “By Allah! I will never withhold it from him.”

I went along with some men from the Ash-ariyin to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and it happened that I met him while he was in an angry mood. We asked him to provide us with mounts, but he swore that he would not give us any. Later on he said, “By Allah, Allah willing, if ever I take an oath (to do something) and later on I find something else better than the first, then I do the better one and give expiation for the dissolution of my oath.”

When the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah’s Messenger ﷺ came to him and said, “Say: La ilaha illallah, a word with which I will be able to defend you before Allah.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “(Following are) two words (sentences or utterances that are very easy for the tongue to say, and very heavy in the balance (of reward,) and the must beloved to the Gracious Almighty (And they are): Subhan Allah wa bi-hamdihi; Subhan Allahi-l-‘Azim,”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said a sentence and I said another. He said, “Whoever dies while he is setting up rivals along with Allah (i.e. worshipping others along with Allah) shall be admitted into the (Hell) Fire.” And I said the other: “Whoever dies while he is not setting up rivals along with Allah (i.e. worshipping none except Allah) shall be admitted into Paradise.”

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ took an oath for abstention from h is wives (for one month), and during those days he had a sprain in his foot. He stayed in a Mashrubah (an upper room) for twenty-nine nights and then came down. Then the people said, “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! You took an oath for abstention (from your wives) for one month.” On that he said, A month can be of twenty-nine days ‘

Sahl bin Sa’d said, “Abu Usaid, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, got married, so he invited the Prophet ﷺ to his wedding party, and the bride herself served them. Sahl said to the People, ‘Do you know what drink she served him with? She infused some dates in a pot at night and the next morning she served him with the infusion.”

(the wife of the Prophet ﷺ) One of our sheep died and we tanned its skin and kept on infusing dates in it till it was a worn out water skin.

The family of (the Prophet ﷺ) Muhammad ﷺ never ate wheat-bread with meat for three consecutive days to their fill, till he met Allah.

Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, “I heard the voice of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ rather weak, and I knew that it was because of hunger. Have you anything (to present to the Prophet ﷺ)?” She said, “Yes.” Then she took out a few loaves of barley bread and took a veil of hers and wrapped the bread with a part of it and sent me to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ. I went and found Allah’s Messenger ﷺ sitting in the mosque with some people. I stood up before him. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said to me, “Has Abu Talha sent you?” I said, ‘ Yes. Then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said to those who were with him. “Get up and proceed.” I went ahead of them (as their forerunner) and came to Abu Talha and informed him about it. Abu Talha said, “O Um Sulaim! Allah’s Messenger ﷺ has come and we have no food to feed them.” Um Sulaim said, “Allah and His Messenger ﷺ know best.” So Abu Talha went out (to receive them) till he met Allah’s Messenger ﷺ.

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ came in company with Abu Talha and they entered the house. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “O Um Sulaim! Bring whatever you have.” So she brought that (barley) bread and Allah’s Messenger ﷺ ordered that bread to be broken into small pieces, and then Um Sulaim poured over it some butter from a leather butter container, and then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said what Allah wanted him to say, (i.e. blessing the food). Allah’s Messenger ﷺ then said, “Admit ten men.” Abu Talha admitted them and they ate to their fill and went out. He again said, “Admit ten men.” He admitted them, and in this way all the people ate to their fill, and they were seventy or eighty men.”

I heard Allah’s Messenger ﷺ saying, “The (reward of) deeds, depend upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for the sake of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, then his emigration will be considered to be for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and whoever emigrated for the sake of worldly gain or for a woman to marry, then his emigration will be considered to be for what he emigrated for.”

In the last part of his narration about the three who remained behind (from the battle of Tabuk). (I said) “As a proof of my true repentance (for not joining the Holy battle of Tabuk), I shall give up all my property for the sake of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ (as an expiation for that sin).” The Prophet ﷺ said (to me), “Keep some of your wealth, for that is better for you.”

The Prophet ﷺ used to stay (for a period) in the house of Zainab bint Jahsh (one of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ ) and he used to drink honey in her house. Hafsa and I decided that when the Prophet ﷺ entered upon either of us, she would say, “I smell in you the bad smell of Maghafir (a bad smelling raisin). Have you eaten Maghafir?” When he entered upon one of us, she said that to him. He replied (to her), “No, but I have drunk honey in the house of Zainab bint Jahsh, and I will never drink it again.” Then the following verse was revealed: ‘O Prophet ﷺ ! Why do you ban (for you) that which Allah has made lawful for you?. ..(up to) If you two (wives of the Prophet ﷺ turn in repentance to Allah.’ (66.1-4) The two were ‘Aishah and Hafsa And also the Statement of Allah: ‘And (Remember) when the Prophet ﷺ disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives!’ (66.3) i.e., his saying, “But I have drunk honey.” Hisham said: It also meant his saying, “I will not drink anymore, and I have taken an oath, so do not inform anybody of that ‘

that he heard Ibn ‘Umar saying, “Weren’t people forbidden to make vows?” The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘A vow neither hastens nor delays anything, but by the making of vows, some of the wealth of a miser is taken out.”

The Prophet ﷺ forbade the making of vows and said, “It (a vow) does not prevent anything (that has to take place), but the property of a miser is spent (taken out) with it.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah says, ‘The vow, does not bring about for the son of Adam anything I have not decreed for him, but his vow may coincide with what has been decided for him, and by this way I cause a miser to spend of his wealth. So he gives Me (spends in charity) for the fulfillment of what has been decreed for him what he would not give Me before but for his vow.”

‘Imran bin Hussain said, “The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘The best of you (people) are my generation, and the second best will be those who will follow them, and then those who will follow the second generation.” Imran added, “I do not remember whether he mentioned two or three (generations) after his generation. He added, ‘Then will come some people who will make vows but will not fulfill them; and they will be dishonest and will not be trustworthy, and they will give their witness without being asked to give their witness, and fatness will appear among them.’ “

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever vows that he will be obedient to Allah, should remain obedient to Him; and whoever made a vow that he will disobey Allah, should not disobey Him.”

‘Umar said “O Allah’s Messenger ﷺ! I vowed to perform I’tikaf for one night in Al-Masjid-al-Haram, during the Pre-Islamic Period of ignorance (before embracing Islam). “The Prophet ﷺ said, “Fulfill your vow.” Ibn ‘Umar said to the lady, “Pray on her behalf.” Ibn ‘Abbas said the same.

that he consulted the Prophet ﷺ about a vow that had been made by his mother who died without fulfilling it. The Prophet ﷺ gave his verdict that he should fulfill it on her behalf. The verdict became Sunna (i.e. the Prophet’s ﷺ tradition).

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him, “My sister vowed to perform the Hajj, but she died (before fulfilling it).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Would you not have paid her debts if she had any?” The man said, “Yes.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “So pay Allah’s Rights, as He is more entitled to receive His rights.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever vowed to be obedient to Allah, must be obedient to Him; and whoever vowed to be disobedient to Allah, should not be disobedient to Him.”

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah is not in need of this man) torturing himself,” when he saw the man walking between his two sons (who were supporting him).

The Prophet ﷺ saw a man performing Tawaf around the Ka’bah, tied with a rope or something else (while another person was holding him). The Prophet ﷺ cut that rope off.

While performing the Tawaf around the Ka’bah, the Prophet ﷺ passed by a person leading another person by a hair-rope nose-ring in his nose. The Prophet ﷺ cut the hair-rope nose-ring off with his hand and ordered the man to lead him by the hand.

While the Prophet ﷺ was delivering a sermon, he saw a man standing, so he asked about that man. They (the people) said, “It is Abu Israil who has vowed that he will stand and never sit down, and he will never come in the shade, nor speak to anybody, and will fast.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Order him to speak and let him come in the shade, and make him sit down, but let him complete his fast.”

that he was asked about a man who had vowed that he would fast all the days of his life then the day of ‘Id al Adha or ‘Id-al-Fitr came. ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: You have indeed a good example in Allah’s Messenger ﷺ. He did not fast on the day of ‘Id al Adha or the day of ‘Id-al-Fitr, and we do not intend fasting on these two days.

I was with Ibn ‘Umar when a man asked him, “I have vowed to fast every Tuesday or Wednesday throughout my life and if the day of my fasting coincided with the day of Nahr (the first day of ‘Id-al-Adha), (What shall I do?)” Ibn ‘Umar said, “Allah has ordered the vows to be fulfilled, and we are forbidden to fast on the day of Nahr.” The man repeated his question and Ibn ‘Umar repeated his former answer, adding nothing more.

We went out in the company of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ on the day of (the battle of) Khaibar, and we did not get any gold or silver as war booty, but we got property in the form of things and clothes. Then a man called Rifa’a bin Zaid, from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dubaib, presented a slave named Mid’am to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ. Allah’s Messenger ﷺ headed towards the valley of Al-Qura, and when he was in the valley of Al-Qura an arrow was thrown by an unidentified person, struck and killed Mid’am who was making a she-camel of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ kneel down. The people said, “Congratulations to him (the slave) for gaining Paradise.” Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “No! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, for the sheet which he stole from the war booty before its distribution on the day of Khaibar, is now burning over him.” When the people heard that, a man brought one or two Shiraks (leather straps of shoes) to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, “A Shirak of fire, or two Shiraks of fire.”