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كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
" مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْ شَاءَ رَجَعَ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حِنْثٍ "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone swears an oath and makes an exception, he may fulfil it if he wishes and break it if he wishes without any accountability for breaking.
More from Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 3261
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says when swearing an oath: "If Allah wills," he makes an exception.
- Hadith 3263
The oath which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often used was this: No, by Him who overturns the hearts.
- Hadith 3260
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah b. Salam through a different chain of narrators.
- Hadith 3264
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) swore an oath strongly, he said: No, by Him in Whose hand is the soul of AbulQasim.
- Hadith 3259
I saw that the Prophet (ﷺ) put a date on a loaf and said: This is a thing eaten with bread (condiments).
- Hadith 3265
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) swore an oath, it was: No, and I beg forgiveness of Allah.