Hadith 2672

The taking of an oath after the 'Aṣr prayer.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

52 - THE BOOK OF WITNESSES

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 178

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2672. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "There are three types of people whom Allāh will neither speak to them nor look at them nor purify men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her...)” (V.2:282) I added, “If one witness and the oath of the plaintiff were sufficient, there would be no need for one of the two women to remind the other.”

Arabic text

٢٦٧٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵁ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ: رَجُلٌ عَلَى فَضْلِ مَاءٍ بِطَرِيقٍ يَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ ابْنَ السَّبِيلِ، وَرَجُلٌ بَايَعَ رَجُلًا لَا يُبَايِعُهُ إِلَّا لِلدُّنْيَا، فَإِنْ أَعْطَاهُ مَا يُرِيدُ وَفَى لَهُ، وَإِلَّا لَمْ يَفِ لَهُ، وَرَجُلٌ سَاوَمَ رَجُلًا بِسِلْعَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَحَلَفَ بِاللهِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَى بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَخَذَهَا.»

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(1) (H. 2671) Literally, Li'an means cursing, legally it means an oath by which a husband claims that his wife has committed illegal sexual intercourse. The wife in her turn denies the accusation and takes a similar oath. In both oaths Allāh is invoked to curse the liar. The case ends with divorce but no punishment is imposed on any of the two because there are no witnesses to confirm the accusation.