The Book of Oaths

Book 27 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

88 hadith Hadith 4124–4211 Sunni
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Book 27 of 57

The Book of Oaths

Sahih Muslim

88 hadith Hadith 4124–4211 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Oaths is book 27 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 88 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 24 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, ibn Umar, Abu Musa al-Asha'ari, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli.

Hadith in This Book 88 hadith

1 4124 Sahih
Allah, the Great and Majestic, forbids you to swear by your fathers. Umar said: By Allah. I have never sworn (by my father) since I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbidding it…
2 4125 Sahih
" I did not take oath by (anyone else except Allah) since I heard Allah's Messenger forbidding it. nor did I speak in such terms, and the narrator did not say," on my own behalf…
3 4126 Sahih
Salim reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) heard 'Umar while he was taking oath by his father. The rest of the hadith is the same.
4 4127 Sahih
'Abdullah (b. Umar) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) found, Umar b. al-Khattab amongst the riders and he was taking oath by his father Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called them…
5 4128 Sahih
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.
6 4129 Sahih
He who has to take an oath, he must not take oath but by Allah. The Quraish used to take oath by their fathers. So he (the Holy Prophet) said: Do not take oath by your fathers.
7 4130 Sahih
He who takes an oath in the course of which he says: By Lat (and al-'Uzza), he should say: There is no god but Allah; and that if anyone says to his friend:" Come and I will…
8 4131 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri.
9 4132 Sahih
Do not swear by idols, nor by your fathers.
10 4133 Sahih
I came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) along with a group of Ash'arites requesting to give us a mount. He (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I cannot provide you with a mount, and there is…
11 4134 Sahih
My friends sent me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asking him to provide them with mounts as they were going along with him in jaish al-'Usrah (the army of destitutes or of meagre means…
12 4135 Sahih
We were sitting in the company of Abu Musa that he called for food and it consisted of flesh of fowl. It was then that a person from Banu Tamim visited him. His complexion was red…
13 4136 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari with a slight variation of words.
14 4137 Sahih
We were in the company of Abu Musa. The rest of the hadith is the same.
15 4138 Sahih
I visited Abu Musa and lie was eating fowl's meat. The rest of the hadith is the same with this addition that he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I did not forget it.
16 4139 Sahih
We came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) requesting him to provide us with riding camels. He (the Holy Prophet) said: There is nothing with me with which I should equip you. By Allah, I…
17 4140 Sahih
We walked on foot and came to Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) asking him to provide us with mounts. The rest of the hadith is the same.
18 4141 Sahih
A person sat late in the night with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and then came to his family and found that his children had gone to sleep. His wife brought food for him. but he took an…
19 4142 Sahih
He who took an oath and then found another thing better than (this) should expiate for the oath (broken) by him and do (the better thing).
20 4143 Sahih
He who took an oath and (later on) found another thing better than that, he should do that which is better, and expiate for the vow (broken by him).
21 4144 Sahih
" He should expiate for (breaking) the vow and do that which is better."
22 4145 Sahih
A beggar came to 'Adi b. Hatim and he begged him to give him the price of a slave, or some portion of the price of the slave. He ('Adi) said: I have nothing to give you except my…
23 4146 Sahih
He who took an oath, but he found something else better than that, should do that which is better and break his oath.
24 4147 Sahih
When anyone amongst you takes an oath, but he finds (something) better than that he should expiate (the breaking of the oath), and do that which is better.
25 4148 Sahih
This hadith is reported on the authority of Adi b. Hatim through another chain of transmitters.
26 4149 Sahih
You asked me for one hundred dirhams and I am the son of Hatim; by Allah, I will not give you. But then he said: (I would have done that) if I had not heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)…
27 4150 Sahih
I heard 'Adi b. Hatim say that a person asked that and then narrated (the hadith) like one (mentioned above), but he made this addition:" Here are four hundred (dirhams) for you…
28 4151 Sahih
Abd al-Rahman b. Samura, don't ask for authority for if it is granted to you for asking for it, you would be commissioned for it (without having the support of Allah), but if you…
29 4152 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Samura through another chain of transmitters but there is no mention of the word" authority".
30 4153 Sahih
Your oath should be about something regarding which your companion will believe you. 'Amr said: By which your companion will believe you.
31 4154 Sahih
An oath is to be interpreted according to the intention of the one who takes it.
32 4155 Sahih
I will visit each one of them every night, and every one of them will become pregnant and give birth to a male child who will be a horseman and fight in the cause of Allah. But…
33 4156 Sahih
I will have an intercourse with seventy wives during the night; all of them will give birth to a male child who will fight in the cause of Allah. His companion or the ang I said…
34 4157 Sahih
Abu Huraira reported this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.
35 4158 Sahih
I will certainly have intercourse with seventy wives during the night, and every wife amongst them will give birth to a child, who will fight in the cause of Allah. It was said to…
36 4159 Sahih
I will go round in the night to my ninety wives, and every one of them will give birth to a child (who will grow up) as a horseman and fight in the cause of Allah His companions…
37 4160 Sahih
" Every one of them giving birth to a child, who would have fought in the cause of Allah."
38 4161 Sahih
This is what Abu Huraira reported to us from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and he narrated a hadith and (one) of them is that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I swear by Allah, it is more…
39 4162 Sahih
Messenger of Allah, I had taken a vow during the days of Ignorance (Jahiliyya) that I would observe I'tikaf for a night in the Sacred Mosque. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Fulfil…
40 4163 Sahih
This hadith is transmitted on the authority of Ibn Umar with a slight variation of words.
41 4164 Sahih
Messenger of Allah, I had taken a vow during the days of Ignorance that I would observe I'tikaf for one day in the Sacred Mosque. So what is your opinion? He said: Go and observe…
42 4165 Sahih
When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) came back from the Battle of Hunain, Umar asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the vow he had taken during the days of Ignorance that he would observe…
43 4166 Sahih
A mention of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observing 'Umra from ja'rina was made before Ibn 'Umar. He said: He did not enter into the state of Ihram from that (place), and Umar had taken…
44 4167 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of words.
45 4168 Sahih
I came to Ibn 'Umar as he had granted freedom to a stave. He (the narrator further) said: He took hold of a wood or something like it from the earth and said: It (freedom of a…
46 4169 Sahih
I have caused you pain. He said: No. But he (Ibn Umar) said: You are free. He then took hold of something from the earth and said: There is no reward for me even to the weight…
47 4170 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
48 4171 Sahih
I slapped a slave belonging to us and then fled away. I came back just before noon and offered prayer behind my father. He called him (the slave) and me and said: Do as he has…
49 4172 Sahih
You could find no other part (to slap) but the prominent part of her face. See I was one of the seven sons of Muqarrin, and we had but only one slave-girl. The youngest of us…
50 4173 Sahih
We used to sell cloth in the house of Suwaid b. Muqarrin, the brother of Nu'man b. Muqarrin. There came out a slave-girl, and she said something to a person amongst us, and he…
51 4174 Sahih
Don't you know that it is forbidden (to strike the) face. He said: You see I was the seventh one amongst my brothers during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and we had but…
52 4175 Sahih
Shu'ba informed that Muhammad b. Munkadir said to me: What is your name? The rest of the hadith is the same.
53 4176 Sahih
I was beating my slave with a whip when I heard a voice behind me: Understand, Abu Masud; but I did not recognise the voice due to intense anger. He (Abu Mas'ud) reported: As he…
54 4177 Sahih
" There fell from my hand the whip on account of his (the Prophet's) awe."
55 4178 Sahih
When I was beating my servant, I heard a voice behind me (saying): Abu Mas'ud, bear in mind Allah has more dominance over you than you have upon him. I turned and (found him) to…
56 4179 Sahih
I seek refuge with Allah, but he continued beating him, whereupon he said: I seek refuge with Allah's Messenger, and he spared him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: By Allah,…
57 4180 Sahih
I seek refuge with Allah, I seek refuge with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
58 4181 Sahih
He who accused his slave of adultery, punishment would be imposed upon him on the Day of Resurrection, except in case the accusation was as he had said.
59 4182 Sahih
" I heard Abu'l-Qasim (ﷺ) as the Prophet of repentance."
60 4183 Sahih
We went to Abu Dharr (Ghifari) in Rabadha and he had a mantle over him, and his slave had one like it. We said: Abu Dharr, had you joined them together, it would have been a…
61 4184 Sahih
" You are a person having the remnants of Ignorance in him." (these words also occur, that Abu Dharr) said: Even up to this time of my old age? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. In…
62 4185 Sahih
I saw Abu Dharr wearing clothes, and his slave wearing similar ones. I asked him about it, and he narrated that he had abused a person during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger…
63 4186 Sahih
It is essential to feed the slave, clothe him (properly) and not burden him with work which is beyond his power.
64 4187 Sahih
When the slave of anyone amongst you prepares food for him and he serves him after having sat close to (and undergoing the hardship of) heat and smoke, he should make him (the…
65 4188 Sahih
When a slave looks to the welfare of his master and worships Allah well, he has two rewards for him.
66 4189 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.
67 4190 Sahih
For a faithful slave there are two rewards. By him in Whose hand is the life of Abu Huraira, but for Jihad in the cause of Allah, and Pilgrimage and kindness to my mother, I would…
68 4191 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Tahir but with a slight variation of words.
69 4192 Sahih
When a slave fulfils obligation of Allah and obligation of his master, he has two rewards for him. I narrated this to Ka'b, and Ka'b said: (Such a slave) has no accountability,…
70 4193 Sahih
The above hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters on the authority of Abu Huraira.
71 4194 Sahih
It is good for a slave that he worships Allah well, and serves his master (well). It is good for him.
72 4195 Sahih
He who gives up his share in a slave, and has enough money to pay the full price of the slave, then full emancipation devolves upon him; but if he has not the money, then he…
73 4196 Sahih
He who emancipates his share in the slave, it is his responsibility to secure full freedom for him provided he (the slave) has enough money to pay the (remaining) price, but it he…
74 4197 Sahih
He who gives up his share in a slave, and he has money enough to meet the full price, a fair price for him should be fixed; otherwise be has emancipated him to the extent that he…
75 4198 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
76 4199 Sahih
He who emancipates a slave (shared) by him and another one, his full price may be justly assessed from his wealth, neither less nor more, and he (the slave) would be emancipated…
77 4200 Sahih
He who gives up his share in a slave, the remaining (share) will be paid out of his riches if his riches are enough to meet the price of the slave.
78 4201 Sahih
In case the slave is owned by two persons, and one of them emancipates him, he will guarantee (his full freedom).
79 4202 Sahih
" He who emancipates a portion in a slave, he should (secure full) freedom for him from his property."
80 4203 Sahih
He who emancipates his portion in a slave, full emancipation may be secured for him out of his property (if he has money) if he has enough property to meet (the required…
81 4204 Sahih
" He will be required to work (in order to secure freedom) for that por- tion in which he has not been emancipated, without overburdening him."
82 4205 Sahih
'Imran b. Husain reported that a person who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of his death. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called for them and divided them…
83 4206 Sahih
" A person from among the Ansar willed away the freedom of six slaves of his at the time of his death."
84 4207 Sahih
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Imran b. Husain through another chain of narrators.
85 4208 Sahih
Who will buy him from me? And Nu'aim b. al-Nahham bought him for eight hundred dirhams and he handed them over to him, 'Amr (one of the narrators) said: I heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah…
86 4209 Sahih
A person amongst the Ansar who had no other property declared a slave free after his death. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sold him, and Ibn al-Nahham bought him and he was a Coptic slave…
87 4210 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters.
88 4211 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) through other chains of transmitters.