Darussalam · Volume 4
21. THE BOOK OFOATHS AND VOWSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3287 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 231
Source no. 3287 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح ابن ماجة (٢١٢٢)
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3287. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade vows, and he said: 'They do not change anything, rather they make the miser give up something.'" Musad-dad (one of the narrators) said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Vows do not change anything.'" (Sahih)
3287 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّذْرِ» ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا وَيَقُولُ: - «لَا يَرُدُّ شَيْئًا، وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ» قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «النَّذْرُ لَا يَرُدُّ شَيْئًا»
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Allāh has ordered fulfilling vows in the Qur'ān, and the Aḥādīth such as this condemn making vows. Scholars have debated at length about this matter. However, the safest view is that fulfilling a vow to obedience is required if one has made such a vow, and the rule is not making a vow. It is similar to debt, fulfilling debts is encouraged in the religion, while getting into debt is not.