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abudawud:4995 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū ʿĀmir > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū Waqqāṣ > Zayd b. Arqam

The Prophet ﷺ said: When a man makes a promise to his brother with the intention of fulfilling it and does not do so, and does not come at the appointed time, he is guilty of no sin.  

أبو داود:٤٩٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَعَدَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ وَمِنْ نِيَّتِهِ أَنْ يَفِيَ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَفِ وَلَمْ يَجِئْ لِلْمِيعَادِ فَلاَ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

أَبُو الْوَقَّاصِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

tabarani:5080 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū Waqqāṣ > Zayd b. Arqam

The Prophet ﷺ said: When a man makes a promise to his brother with the intention of fulfilling it and does not do so, and does not come at the appointed time, he is guilty of no sin. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4995)  

الطبراني:٥٠٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا وَعَدَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ وَمِنْ نِيَّتِهِ أَنْ يَفِيَ لَهُ وَلَمْ يَجِئْ لِلْمِيعَادِ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:20838 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Ibn al-Muthanná > Abū ʿĀmir > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū Waqqāṣ > Zayd b. Arqam

The Prophet ﷺ said: When a man makes a promise to his brother with the intention of fulfilling it and does not do so, and does not come at the appointed time, he is guilty of no sin. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4995)   

البيهقي:٢٠٨٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وَعَدَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ وَمِنْ نِيَّتِهِ أَنْ يَفِيَ لَهُ فَلَمْ يَفِ وَلَمْ يَجِئْ لِلْمِيعَادِ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ  

suyuti:2769a –

The Prophet ﷺ said: When a man makes a promise to his brother with the intention of fulfilling it and does not do so, and does not come at the appointed time, he is guilty of no sin. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4995)   

السيوطي:٢٧٦٩a –

"إذَا وَعَدَ الرَّجلُ أخاهُ ومِنْ نيَّتِهِ أنْ يَفِى لهُ فَلمْ يَفِ ولَمْ يجئْ للميعادِ فلا إثمَ عليهِ".  

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