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One Who Takes An Oath To Follow A Religion Other Than Islam

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Darussalam · Volume 3

11. The ChaptersOn Expiation

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الحديث: 2098 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 678

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2098. It was narrated that Thâbit bin Ad-Dahhâk said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Whoever takes an oath to follow a religion other than Islam, telling a deliberate lie, he will be as he said.'" (Sahih)

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2098 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ»

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Swearing by another religion is when a person says: 'If I have done such and such a thing I shall be a Jew' or he says: 'If I tell a lie I shall be an infidel'; one must avoid this type of oath. At the time of taking an oath, if a person has the intention that by doing such and such thing, he will then choose the path of disbelief; in that case he immediately becomes a disbeliever. But if he meant to remain steadfast on the religion of Islam and was determined never to adopt the way of disbelief, he would not become a disbeliever, but he was wrong in doing so.