Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He."...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
On the authority of his father that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: I swear by Allah that if Allah wills I shall swear on an oath and then consider something else to be better than it without making atonement for my...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Samurah, when you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, do the thing that is beter and make atonement for your oath. Abu Dawud said: I...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
"Make atonement for your oath and then do the thing that is better." Abu Dawud said: The version of this tradition transmitted by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, 'Adi b. Hatim and Abu Hurairah are variant. Some of them indicate breaking the...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Ibn Harmalah said: Umm Habib gave us a sa' and told us narration from the nephew of Safiyyah on the authority of Safiyyah that it was the sa' of the Prophet (ﷺ). Anas ibn Ayyad said: I tested it and...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
We had a makkuk which was called Makkuk Khalid. Its capacity was two measurements according to the measurements of Harun. The narrator said: The sa' of Khalid was the sa' of Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
When Khalid al-Qasri was made ruler (of Hijaz and Kufah), he doubled the measure of sa'. The sa' then measured sixteen rotls. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Khattab was slain by Negroes in confinement. He said while signing...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
I said: Messenger of Allah, I have a slave girl whom I slapped. This grieved the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I said to him: Should I not emancipate her? He said: Bring her to me. He said: Then I brought...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Sharid's mother left a will to emancipate a believing slave on her behalf. So he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, my mother left a will that I should emancipate a believing slave for her, and...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
A man brought the Prophet (ﷺ) a black slave girl. He said: Messenger of Allah, emancipation of believing slave is due to me. He asked her: Where is Allah ? She pointed to the heaven with her finger. He then...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh. He then said: "If Allah wills."...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish. The then said: If Allah wills. He again said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish if Allah wills. He again said:...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to make a vow. He said: It has not effect against fate, it is only from the miserly that it is means by which something is extracted. Musaddad said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: A vow does not provide for the son of Adam anything which I did not decree for him, but a vow draws it. A Divine decree is one which I have destined, it...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him, but if anyone vows to disobey Him, let him not disobey Him.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: No vow must be taken to do an act of disobedience, and the atonement for it is the same as for an oath.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
I heard Ahmad b. Shabbuyah say: Ibn al-Mubarak said about this tradition that Abu Salamah had transmitted it. This indicates that al-Zuhri did not hear it from Abu Salamah. Ahmad b. Muhammad said: This is verified by what Ayyub b....
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: No vow must be taken to do an act of disobedience, and the atonement for it is the same as for an oath. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Marwazi said: The correct chain of this...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Uqbah consulted the Prophet (ﷺ) about his sister who took a vow to perform hajj barefooted and bareheaded. So he said: Command her to cover her head and to ride, and to fast three days.