A vow for which no expiation is named

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When a vow is not specified by name, it is the most severe oath, and the most severe (greatest) of expiations is due from him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever says, "A vow for Allah is upon me," but does not name it, must free a slave.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When a person says, "A vow is upon me," and does not specify it by name, then the expiation that comes next is due from him, then the one after it, then the one after that.

Ibrahim said: The expiation for a vow that has not been specified by name is the expiation for an oath.

Ibn al-Musayyib said: When a person says, "A vow is upon me," then (fulfilling) a vow is upon him.

Jabir bin Zayd said: When a person says, "A vow is upon me," then if he specifies it by name, it is what he specified; if he intends something, it is what he intended; and if he did not specify anything, he should fast one day or pray two rak'ahs.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When a person says, "A vow is upon me," and does not specify it, it is an aggravated oath: he should free a slave, or fast two months, or feed sixty poor people.

He (Qatadah) said: And al-Hasan said: It is an oath for which he must give expiation.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes a vow and does not specify it by name must pay the expiation for an oath."

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad about a man who made a vow but did not specify it by name. They both said: Expiation is due from him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Vows are of four kinds: whoever makes a vow without specifying it, its expiation is the expiation for an oath; whoever vows an act of disobedience, its expiation is the expiation for an oath; whoever vows something he is unable to do, its expiation is the expiation for an oath; and whoever vows something he is able to do should fulfil his vow.

Ikrimah said: A vow that has not been specified is an aggravated oath.