Darussalam · Volume 3
11. The ChaptersOn ExpiationSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2123 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 686
Source no. 2123 · Volume 5 · Page 123
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٨ / ٢٠٨)
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2123. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Vows do not bring the son of Ādam anything unless it has been decreed for him. But he is dominated by Divine preordainment, and will get what is decreed for him. And (vows) are a means of making the miser give something, so what he desires becomes obtainable for him, which was not obtainable before his vow. And Allāh says: 'Spend, I will spend on you.' (Sahih)
2123 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ النَّذْرَ لَا يَأْتِي ابْنَ آدَمَ بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ، وَلَكِنْ يَغْلِبُهُ الْقَدَرُ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ، فَيُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ فَيُيَسَّرُ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يُيَسَّرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ ذَلِكَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ: أَنْفِقْ أُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ "
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A generous person always spends in the path of Allāh. He does not need to make a vow for conditional spending. Making a conditional vow is a habit of miserly people. A person making a vow says: "If such and such work gets done or such and such calamity is warded off, I shall give such and such money in charity," it is as if he is saying if such and such work is not done I shall not give in charity. Therefore, making a vow according to this mentality is disliked.