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1535. Sa'd bin 'Ubaidah narrated that Ibn 'Umar heard a man saying: "No by the Ka'bah" so Ibn 'Umar said: "Nothing is sworn by other than Allāh, for I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Whoever swears by other than Allāh, he has committed disbelief or Shirk.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan.
According to some of the people of knowledge, the explanation of this Hadīth is that his saying: "He has committed disbelief or Shirk" is to demonstrate its severity. The proof for that is the Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar: That the Prophet ﷺ heard 'Umar saying: 'By my father! By my father!' So he ﷺ said: "Verily Allāh prohibits you from swearing by your fathers." As well as the Hadīth of Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ, that he ﷺ said: "Whoever says in his oath: 'By Al-Lāt! By Al-Uzza!' Then let him say: 'Lā Ilāha Illallāh (None has the right to be worshipped but Allāh)'."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This is similar to what has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ saying: "Indeed Riyā' is Shirk."
Some of the people of knowledge explained this Āyah: So whoever hopes in meeting his Lord, then let him work righteous deeds[1] and
they said it means: "Do not commit Riyā'."
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[1] Al-Kahf 18:110.
Commentary
Intentionally taking an oath by false gods is a pure act of polytheism and whoever takes an oath by a false god as habit from the period of Jahiliyyah, he should say "Lā ilāha illallāh" - none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh.
