سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
باب فِيمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ لاَ يَأْكُلُهُ
Chapter: One Who Swears Not To Eat Food.
Hadith 3270
حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ، أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَنْهُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، قَالَ : " نَزَلَ بِنَا أَضْيَافٌ لَنَا ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّيْلِ ، فَقَالَ : " لَا أَرْجِعَنَّ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَفْرُغَ مِنْ ضِيَافَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ ، وَمِنْ قِرَاهُمْ ، فَأَتَاهُمْ بِقِرَاهُمْ ، فَقَالُوا : لَا نَطْعَمُهُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَجَاءَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا فَعَلَ أَضْيَافُكُمْ ، أَفَرَغْتُمْ مِنْ قِرَاهُمْ ؟ ، قَالُوا : لَا ، قُلْتُ : قَدْ أَتَيْتُهُمْ بِقِرَاهُمْ فَأَبَوْا ، وَقَالُوا : وَاللَّهِ لَا نَطْعَمُهُ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ ، فَقَالُوا : صَدَقَ ، قَدْ أَتَانَا بِهِ ، فَأَبَيْنَا حَتَّى تَجِيءَ ، قَالَ : فَمَا مَنَعَكُمْ ؟ ، قَالُوا : مَكَانَكَ ، قَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَا أَطْعَمُهُ اللَّيْلَةَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالُوا : وَنَحْنُ وَاللَّهِ لَا نَطْعَمُهُ حَتَّى تَطْعَمَهُ ، قَالَ : مَا رَأَيْتُ فِي الشَّرِّ كَاللَّيْلَةِ قَطُّ ، قَالَ : قَرِّبُوا طَعَامَكُمْ ، قَالَ : فَقَرَّبَ طَعَامَهُمْ ، فَقَالَ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، فَطَعِمَ وَطَعِمُوا ، فَأُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ أَصْبَحَ ، فَغَدَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ ، وَصَنَعُوا ، قَالَ : بَلْ أَنْتَ أَبَرُّهُمْ وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ " .
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr: Some guests visited us, and Abu Bakr was conversing with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at night. He (Abu Bakr) said: I will not return to you until you are free from their entertainment and serving them food. So he brought them food, but they said: We shall not eat it until Abu Bakr comes (back). Abu Bakr then came and asked: What did your guest do? Are you free from their entertainment ? They said: No. I said: I brought them food, but they refused and said: We swear by Allah, we shall not take it until he comes. They said: He spoke the truth. He brought it to us, but we refused (to take it) until you come. He asked: What did prevent you ? He said: I swear by Allah, I shall not take food tonight. They said: And we also swear by Allah that we shall not take food until you take it. He said: I never saw an evil like the one tonight. He said: Bring your food near (you). He (Abdur-Rahman) said: Their food was then brought near them. He said: In the name of Allah, and he took the food, and they also took it. I then informed him that the dawn had broken. So he went to th Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what he and they had done. He said: You are the most obedient and most trustful of them.
Hadith 3271
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ نُوحٍ ، وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، نَحْوَهُ زَادَ ،عَنْ سَالِمٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ، قَالَ : وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي كَفَّارَةٌ .
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr through a different chain of narrators. This version adds on the authority of Salim: "Expiation (for breaking the oath) has not reached me. "
