Hadith 6718

To say: "In shā' Allāh" (If Allāh will) while taking an oath.

English source

Darussalam · Volume 8

84 - THE BOOK OF THE EXPIATION OF UNFULFILLED OATHS

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6718 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 146

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English translation

6718. Narrated Abū Mūsā Al-Ash'ārī رضي الله عنه: I went to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ along with a group of people from (the tribe of) Al-Ash'ārī, asking for mounts. The Prophet ﷺ said, "By Allāh, I will not give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount you (1) (Ch. 8) Walā': See the glossary. on.” We stayed there as long as Allāh wished, and after that, some camels were brought to the Prophet ﷺ and he ordered that we be given three camels. When we set out, some of us said to others, “Allāh will not bless us, as we all went to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ asking him for mounts, and although he had sworn that he would not give us mounts, he did give us.” So we returned to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He said, “I have not provided you with mounts, but Allāh has provided you with mounts. By Allāh, if Allāh will, if I ever take an oath and then see that another thing is better than the first, I make expiation for my (dissolved) oath, and do what is better and make expiation.”

Arabic text

6718 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ أَسْتَحْمِلُهُ، فَقَالَ: «وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَحْمِلُكُمْ، مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ» ثُمَّ لَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَأُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ، فَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِثَلاَثَةِ ذَوْدٍ، فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقْنَا قَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: لاَ يُبَارِكُ اللَّهُ لَنَا، أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلَنَا فَحَمَلَنَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: «مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ، بَلِ اللَّهُ حَمَلَكُمْ، إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ - إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ - لاَ أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ، فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي، وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ»،

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