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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأيمان
The Book of Oaths
" الْيَمِينُ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْمُسْتَحْلِفِ "
An oath is to be interpreted according to the intention of the one who takes it.
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- Hadith 1661a
We went to Abu Dharr (Ghifari) in Rabadha and he had a mantle over him, and his slave had one like it. We said: Abu Dharr, had you joined them together, it…
- Hadith 1651c
When anyone amongst you takes an oath, but he finds (something) better than that he should expiate (the breaking of the oath), and do that which is better.
- Hadith 1649c
We were sitting in the company of Abu Musa that he called for food and it consisted of flesh of fowl. It was then that a person from Banu Tamim visited him.…
- Hadith 1649f
I visited Abu Musa and lie was eating fowl's meat. The rest of the hadith is the same with this addition that he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I did not…
- Hadith 1654c
Abu Huraira reported this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 1502b
In case the slave is owned by two persons, and one of them emancipates him, he will guarantee (his full freedom).