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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب القسامةThe Book of Oaths
باب يَمِينِ الْحَالِفِ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْمُسْتَحْلِفِ:Chapter: An oath is judged on the intention of the one who asks for it to be sworn.
Hadith 1653
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، قَالَ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو : حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَمِينُكَ عَلَى مَا يُصَدِّقُكَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُكَ " ، وقَالَ عَمْرٌو : يُصَدِّقُكَ بِهِ صَاحِبُكَ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Your oath should be about something regarding which your companion will believe you. 'Amr said: By which your companion will believe you.
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وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْيَمِينُ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْمُسْتَحْلِفِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: An oath is to be interpreted according to the intention of the one who takes it.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Swearing oaths by way of hints, allusions, or equivocations (tawriyah) in order to resolve disputes among Muslims is in no way beneficial or permissible.
Rather, it is unlawful.
However, if there is a confrontation with disbelievers (kuffar) or oppressors (zalimun), then concession is granted.
Swearing oaths by way of hints, allusions, or equivocations (tawriyah) in order to resolve disputes among Muslims is in no way beneficial or permissible.
Rather, it is unlawful.
However, if there is a confrontation with disbelievers (kuffar) or oppressors (zalimun), then concession is granted.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3255
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
This means that if someone swears an oath and makes an ambiguous statement, intending a meaning that is true, but the listener does not understand that meaning and instead understands a meaning which, according to him, is incorrect, then this will be considered a false oath.
The meaning of the oath that is considered valid is the one understood by the person administering the oath.
This means that if someone swears an oath and makes an ambiguous statement, intending a meaning that is true, but the listener does not understand that meaning and instead understands a meaning which, according to him, is incorrect, then this will be considered a false oath.
The meaning of the oath that is considered valid is the one understood by the person administering the oath.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2121
