Judicial Decisions, Oaths & Witnesses

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Eisa bin Maryam saw a man stealing and said: 'Did you steal?' He said: 'No, by the One besides Whom there is no other God.' 'Eisa said: 'I believe in Allah, and I do not believe what my eyes see.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "An oath (leads to) either sin or regret. "

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

'Whoever swears an oath and says In sha' Allah, he will have made an exception."(2)

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Whoever swears an oath and says In sha' Allah, if he wishes he may go ahead and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Whoever swears an oath and says In sha' Allah, will never break his oath."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a group of Asharites and asked him to give us animals to ride. He said: 'By Allah, I cannot give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to give you...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said: "Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for what he swore about. "

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my cousin comes to me and I swear that I will not give him anything or uphold the ties of kinship with him.' He said: 'Offer expiation for what you swore about.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Whoever takes an oath to cut off the ties of kinship, or to do something that is not right, the fulfillment of his vow is not to do that."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him not do it, and his leaving it is the expiation for it. "

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered expiation of a Sa' of dates, and he enjoined the people to do likewise. Whoever does not have that (must give) half a Sa' of wheat."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"A man would give his family food that was abundant and another would give his family food that was barely sufficient, then the following was revealed: 'With the Awsat of that with which you feed your families...’”(2)

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"If anyone of you insists on fulfilling what he swore to (after learning that it is wrong) then it is more sinful before Allah than (breaking the oath for which) the expiation that has been enjoined upon him."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to help fulfill the oath."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"On the Day of the conquest of Makkah, he came with his father and he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, give my father a share of Hijrah.' He said: 'There is no Hijrah.' Then he went away and entered upon...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

'When anyone of you swears an oath, let him not say: 'What Allah wills and what you will.' Rather let him say: 'What Allah wills and then what you will.'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

a Muslim man saw in a dream that he met a man from among the People of the Book, who said: "What good people you would be if only you were not committing Shirk. For you say: 'What Allah wills...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"We went out looking for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and Wa'il bin Hujr was with us. An enemy of his seized him and the people were reluctant to swear an oath but I swore that he was my brother,...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"The oath is only according to the intention of the one who requests the oath to be taken."'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Expiation

"Your oath is as your companion understands it to be."