Ila' Occurs in Both Anger and Happiness

Hazrat Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that *Ilaa* (oath of abstinence) occurs in both states of anger and happiness.

Hazrat Umm Atiyyah narrates that Hazrat Jubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his wife that his brother’s son would drink milk with her son. She replied that she could not nurse two children. Hazrat Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) swore an oath that he would not go near his wife until she weaned the child. When the child was weaned and passed by the people, they said that he had been given good nourishment. Hazrat Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) said that he had sworn an oath not to go near his wife until she weaned the child. The people said that this is Ilaa. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if you did this in anger, then your wife is not lawful for you, and if you did not do it in anger, then she is your wife.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that Ilaa happens in anger.

Hazrat Qaqa’ bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) about Ilaa, so he replied that Ilaa happens in anger. I asked Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) about this, so he said that I do not know it, then he recited the verse of Ilaa.

19684 - He said: I asked Ibn Sirin, and he said: I do not know what this is. And he recited the verse of *Ila’* (oath of abstention).

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) and Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) say that if a man swears that he will not go near his wife until she weans her child, then if he refrains for four months, it will be considered as Ila.

19686 - (W) (1) From Mutarrif, from al-Sha'bi, regarding a man who swore: (not) (2) to approach his wife until she weans her child, (they both said) (3): If four months pass, then ila' has taken place.

Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the oath of abstinence (ila) taken in anger and in happiness is equal.