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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من النذور و الايمانFrom the Book of Vows and Oaths
باب الْوَفَاءِ بِالنَّذْرِ:Chapter: Fulfilling Vows
Hadith 2370
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ نَذْرًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالَ: "فِ بِنَذْرِكَ".
Sayyiduna Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "I had made a vow during the days of ignorance, then I embraced Islam." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then fulfill your vow."
Brief Explanation
(Explanation of Hadith 2369)
Nadhr: To make something that is not obligatory upon oneself, obligatory. And “aymaan” is the plural of “yameen,” which means oath. An example of nadhr is like someone saying, “If this boy becomes a doctor, I will perform Hajj,” or “If I profit in my business, I will give charity,” or “I will fast.” Any such nadhr, if it is not in disobedience to Allah, must be fulfilled, as is clear from the ahadith of this chapter.
Allah Ta’ala, describing the qualities of the people of Paradise, said: « ﴿يُوْفُوْنَ بِالنَّذْرِ .....﴾ [الإنسان : 7]» that those who fulfill their nadhr, and also the statement of Allah Ta’ala: «﴿وَلْيُوْفُوْا نُذُوْرَهُمْ .....﴾ [الحج : 29]». It should be clear that making a nadhr does not make any difference to whether a matter will occur or not; whatever Allah Ta’ala has decreed will certainly happen. That is why it is mentioned in the hadith that the only thing nadhr does is that it takes wealth out of the hand of a miserly person, because a miser only spends when some calamity befalls him.
Further details will come under Hadith number (2377).
From the above hadith, it is established that if someone made a nadhr before accepting Islam, and it is in obedience to Allah, then fulfilling it is obligatory.
Some scholars have said: Before Islam, such a nadhr has no legal status at all, so the question of fulfilling it does not arise. And when the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told Sayyiduna Umar radi Allahu anhu to fulfill his nadhr, it was only as a recommendation (mustahabb).
And Allah knows best.
Nadhr: To make something that is not obligatory upon oneself, obligatory. And “aymaan” is the plural of “yameen,” which means oath. An example of nadhr is like someone saying, “If this boy becomes a doctor, I will perform Hajj,” or “If I profit in my business, I will give charity,” or “I will fast.” Any such nadhr, if it is not in disobedience to Allah, must be fulfilled, as is clear from the ahadith of this chapter.
Allah Ta’ala, describing the qualities of the people of Paradise, said: « ﴿يُوْفُوْنَ بِالنَّذْرِ .....﴾ [الإنسان : 7]» that those who fulfill their nadhr, and also the statement of Allah Ta’ala: «﴿وَلْيُوْفُوْا نُذُوْرَهُمْ .....﴾ [الحج : 29]». It should be clear that making a nadhr does not make any difference to whether a matter will occur or not; whatever Allah Ta’ala has decreed will certainly happen. That is why it is mentioned in the hadith that the only thing nadhr does is that it takes wealth out of the hand of a miserly person, because a miser only spends when some calamity befalls him.
Further details will come under Hadith number (2377).
From the above hadith, it is established that if someone made a nadhr before accepting Islam, and it is in obedience to Allah, then fulfilling it is obligatory.
Some scholars have said: Before Islam, such a nadhr has no legal status at all, so the question of fulfilling it does not arise. And when the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told Sayyiduna Umar radi Allahu anhu to fulfill his nadhr, it was only as a recommendation (mustahabb).
And Allah knows best.
