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Sahih Muslim 1647a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: He who takes an oath in the course of which he says: By Lat (and al-Uzza), he should say: There is no god but Allah; and that if anyone says…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ مِنْكُمْ فَقَالَ فِي حَلِفِهِ بِاللاَّتِ. فَلْيَقُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. وَمَنْ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ تَعَالَ أُقَامِرْكَ. فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: He who takes an oath in the course of which he says: By Lat (and al-Uzza), he should say: There is no god but Allah; and that if anyone says to his friend: “ Come and I will gamble with you,” he should pay sadaqa.

হাসান আল হুলওয়ানী (রহঃ) ..... আবূ হুরায়রাহ (রাযিঃ) নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে অনুরূপ হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছে। হাম্মাদ বর্ণনা করেছেন- অতঃপর আমি 'উমার ইবনু খাত্ত্বাবের সাথে সাক্ষাৎ করলে তিনি আমাকে হাদীসটি বর্ণনা করে শুনালেন। তবে তিনি হাদীসটি নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে বর্ণনা করেননি। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৫১৮, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

(روح کی بجائے ) عبدالرزاق نے خبر دی کہ ہمیں زکریا بن اسحاق نے اسی سند کے ساتھ اسی طرح خبر دی ۔

{….} Bize Hasenü'I-Hulvânî de rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Yezîd b. Harun rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize, Hanımâd b. Zeyd, Eyyûb'dan, o da Amr b. Dînâr'dan, o da Atâ' b. Yesâr'dan, o da Ebû Hureyre'den, o da Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen bu hadîsin mislini haber verdi. Hammâd: «Sonra ben Amr'a tesadüf ettim de, bu hadîsi bana rivayette bulundu; Ama ref etmedi.» demiş

Sahih Muslim 1647a, Book 27, The Book of Oaths, Hadith 7. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned of swearing by other than Allah, for a believer should only swear by Allah. He informs that whoever swears by other than Allah, like someone who says: By Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza - two idols that used to be worshipped during the Jāhiliyyah (pre-Islam period of ignorance) - should hasten to correct himself by saying: There is no god but Allah.

This is to disavow Shirk and expiate for such swearing. Then, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that if someone says to his companion "Come and gamble with me" - when two or more persons compete with one another and the winner takes the money involved, and each one should necessarily win or lose - he is recommended to give something in charity, as expiation for what he has called for.

What it teaches

  • We should only swear by Allah and His names and attributes.
  • Swearing by other than Allah Almighty is prohibited, be it swearing by idols like Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza, swearing by trust, swearing by the Prophet, or the like.
  • Al-Khattābi said: People swear by the revered deity, and he who swears by Al-Lāt or the like has imitated the disbelievers. So, he is enjoined to make up for it with the word of Tawhīd (monotheism).
  • Whoever swears by other than Allah is not required to make an oath expiation. Rather, he should repent and seek forgiveness, for it is too great to be expiated by anything other than repentance.
  • Gambling, with all its forms and types, is prohibited. Allah Almighty prohibited and mentioned it along with wine and idols.
  • A person who commits a sin is obligated to abandon it.
  • Whoever falls into a sin should follow it with a good deed, for good deeds blot out evil ones.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Ahmad ibn Amr ibn as-SarhTold me, Fourth generation, died 249 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn WahbTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Yunus ibn Yazid al-AyliFrom, Third generation, died 152 AH
  5. 5Ibn Shihab az-ZuhriFrom, Successor, died 123 AH
  6. 6Humayd ibn Abd ar-RahmanInformed me, Successor, died 95 AH
  7. 7Abu HurayrahThat, Companion, died 57 AH

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