Swearing Oaths And Lying When One Does Not Believe In What He Is Swearing About
Darussalam · Volume 4
35. The Book Of Oaths And VowsSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3797 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 14
Source no. 3797 · Volume 8 · Page 369
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢١٤٥) //، المشكاة (٢٧٩٨) ، صحيح الجامع (٧٩٧٤) //
Source no. 3555 · Volume 2 · Page 804
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٢١٤٥ [مشكاة المصابيح ٢٧٩٨ وصحيح الجامع ٧٩٧٤].
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3828. It was narrated that Qais bin Abî Gharazah said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ we used to be called Samāsir (brokers). The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ came to us when we were selling and called us by a name that was better than that. He said: 'O merchants (Tujjâr), this selling involves lies and (false) oaths, so mix some charity with it.'" (Šaĥīh)
3797 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ، فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَبِيعُ، فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اسْمِنَا فَقَالَ: «يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ، إِنَّ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ الْحَلِفُ وَالْكَذِبُ، فَشُوبُوا بَيْعَكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ»
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[1] Meaning; if someone swore not to eat bread with condiments, then he ate vinegar and bread, he will have violated the oath, since this narration proves that vinegar is a condiment. Otherwise, it is not known that the Prophet ﷺ swore such an oath.
'Samāsirah' is the plural of Simsār. It is a non-Arabic expression. It denotes people who sell people's commodities for a wage (it signifies a broker, agent or middleman). The non-Arabs were involved in such trade and commerce. Hence, this expression came to be used for all sorts of traders. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ did not like the word; he, therefore, changed it with 'traders or businessmen.'