The Book of Oaths

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 Mess...

" 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...

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 t...

'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 Mess...

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.

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 ...

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 f...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri.

Do not swear by idols, nor by your fathers.

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 y...

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 d...

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 visite...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari with a slight variation of words.

We were in the company of Abu Musa. The rest of the hadith is the same.

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 ...

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 sh...

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.

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 f...

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).

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).

" He should expiate for (breaking) the vow and do that which is better."

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 n...

He who took an oath, but he found something else better than that, should do that which is better and break his oath.

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 be...

This hadith is reported on the authority of Adi b. Hatim through another chain of transmitters.

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...

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 fou...

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 s...

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" ...

Your oath should be about something regarding which your companion will believe you. 'Amr said: By which your companion will believe you.

An oath is to be interpreted according to the intention of the one who takes it.

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 ...

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 ...

Abu Huraira reported this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.

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 c...

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 ca...

" Every one of them giving birth to a child, who would have fought in the cause of Allah."

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 s...

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 ...

This hadith is transmitted on the authority of Ibn Umar with a slight variation of words.

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 opin...

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...

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...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of words.

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 a...

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 ...

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.

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 ...

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-...

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 ...

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 Me...

Shu'ba informed that Muhammad b. Munkadir said to me: What is your name? The rest of the hadith is the same.

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 (...

" There fell from my hand the whip on account of his (the Prophet's) awe."

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 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 ...

I seek refuge with Allah, I seek refuge with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).

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 sai...

" I heard Abu'l-Qasim (ﷺ) as the Prophet of repentance."

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 togethe...

" 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 (th...

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 life...

It is essential to feed the slave, clothe him (properly) and not burden him with work which is beyond his power.

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...

When a slave looks to the welfare of his master and worships Allah well, he has two rewards for him.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.

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 k...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Tahir but with a slight variation of words.

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 sla...

The above hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters on the authority of Abu Huraira.

It is good for a slave that he worships Allah well, and serves his master (well). It is good for him.

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...

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...

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 emancipat...

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.

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 ...

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.

In case the slave is owned by two persons, and one of them emancipates him, he will guarantee (his full freedom).

" He who emancipates a portion in a slave, he should (secure full) freedom for him from his property."

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...

" 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."

'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...

" A person from among the Ansar willed away the freedom of six slaves of his at the time of his death."

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Imran b. Husain through another chain of narrators.

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) sai...

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 h...

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) through other chains of transmitters.