Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 6720

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

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Darussalam · Volume 8

84 - THE BOOK OF THE EXPIATION OF UNFULFILLED OATHS

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الحديث: 6720 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 146

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6720. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: (The Prophet) Sulaimān (Solomon) said, “Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety wives, each of whom will beget a male child who will fight for Allāh’s Cause.” On that, his companion (Sufyān said that his companion was an angel) said to him, “Say, ‘If Allāh will (In shā’ Allāh).” But Sulaimān forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the women gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a half boy (malformed). Abū Hurairah added: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If Sulaiman had said, ‘If Allāh will’ (In shā’ Allāh) he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would have attained what he had desired.” Once Abū Hurairah added: Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, “If he had accepted.”(1)

Arabic text

6720 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: " قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: لَأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى تِسْعِينَ امْرَأَةً، كُلٌّ تَلِدُ غُلاَمًا يُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ - قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: يَعْنِي المَلَكَ - قُلْ: إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، فَنَسِيَ، فَطَافَ بِهِنَّ فَلَمْ تَأْتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ بِوَلَدٍ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ بِشِقِّ غُلاَمٍ " فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَرْوِيهِ: قَالَ: " لَوْ قَالَ: إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَحْنَثْ، وَكَانَ دَرَكًا لَهُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ " - وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «لَوِ اسْتَثْنَى»، وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ: مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

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