صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأيمان والنذورThe Book of Oaths and Vows
بَابُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ فِي أَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الأَيْمَانَ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ذَلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ أَيْمَانِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ وَاحْفَظُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ كَذَلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} :Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “Allah will not punish you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He will punish you for your deliberate oaths; for its expiation (a deliberate oath) feed ten poor persons, on a scale of the average of that with which you feed your own families; or clothe them; or manumit a slave. But whosoever cannot afford (that), then he should fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oath when you have sworn. And protect your oaths (i.e., do not swear much). Thus Allah make clear to you His Ayat (proofs, evidances, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) that you may be grateful." (V.5:89)
Hadith 6626
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنِ اسْتَلَجَّ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِيَمِينٍ ، فَهُوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا لِيَبَرَّ ، يَعْنِي : الْكَفَّارَةَ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather compensate for that oath by making expiation."
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
This indicates that persisting in a false oath is not a commendable act; rather, breaking it and offering its expiation is better. The same subject is mentioned in the following ahadith as well.
Great care and caution are required when taking an oath, and an oath should be sworn only by the name of Allah.
This indicates that persisting in a false oath is not a commendable act; rather, breaking it and offering its expiation is better. The same subject is mentioned in the following ahadith as well.
Great care and caution are required when taking an oath, and an oath should be sworn only by the name of Allah.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6626
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
If by adhering to one’s oath, harm comes to his family and they are distressed by it, then he should not persist in his oath; rather, he should break the oath and offer its expiation (kaffarah).
He should not assume that insisting on the oath is an act of righteousness.
In such circumstances, the oath should be broken so that his household remains safe from harm and loss.
If he says, “I will not break my oath because I fear sin from this action,” then he is mistaken.
And Allah knows best.
(2)
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah writes that the mention of “family” is incidental; if the same reason is found with others, then the same ruling applies to them as well: the oath should be broken and its expiation given.
(Fath al-Bari: 11/635)
(1)
If by adhering to one’s oath, harm comes to his family and they are distressed by it, then he should not persist in his oath; rather, he should break the oath and offer its expiation (kaffarah).
He should not assume that insisting on the oath is an act of righteousness.
In such circumstances, the oath should be broken so that his household remains safe from harm and loss.
If he says, “I will not break my oath because I fear sin from this action,” then he is mistaken.
And Allah knows best.
(2)
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah writes that the mention of “family” is incidental; if the same reason is found with others, then the same ruling applies to them as well: the oath should be broken and its expiation given.
(Fath al-Bari: 11/635)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6626
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
To insist upon an oath means to be determined to fulfill such an oath that involves a sinful or disliked (makruh) act.
It is necessary to break such an oath and pay the expiation (kaffarah).
➋
To take an oath upon something bad and then persist in it is also a sin; therefore, it is better to incur the sin of breaking the oath, because that will be forgiven by paying the expiation, whereas persisting in the mistake will only increase the sin.
➊
To insist upon an oath means to be determined to fulfill such an oath that involves a sinful or disliked (makruh) act.
It is necessary to break such an oath and pay the expiation (kaffarah).
➋
To take an oath upon something bad and then persist in it is also a sin; therefore, it is better to incur the sin of breaking the oath, because that will be forgiven by paying the expiation, whereas persisting in the mistake will only increase the sin.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2114
