The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by Allah." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7401)
رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Nasāʾī, Dārimī, Aḥmad, Mālik, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, SuyūṭīThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent." (i.e. He should not swear by other than Allah.)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers. "
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلاَ يَحْلِفْ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ فَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
that he found ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab in a group of people and he was swearing by his father. So Messenger of Allah ﷺ called them, saying, "Verily! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers. If one has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or otherwise keep quiet."
أَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهْوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَنَادَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ وَإِلاَّ فَلْيَصْمُتْ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ met ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders, and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers, so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهْوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers."
رَسُولُ اللَّهُ ﷺ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by Allah."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ وَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ
'Abdullah (b. Umar) reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ found, Umar b. al-Khattab amongst the riders and he was taking oath by his father Messenger of Allah ﷺ called them (saying) ; Our Allah, the Exated and Majestic, has forbidden you that you take oath by your father. He who bag to take an oath, he must take it by Allah or keep quiet.
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فِي رَكْبٍ وَعُمَرُ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَنَادَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
He who has to take an oath, he must not take oath but by Allah. The Quraish used to take oath by their fathers. So he (the Holy Prophet) said: Do not take oath by your fathers.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلاَ يَحْلِفْ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ found 'Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَهُ وَهُوَ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever swears, let him not swear by anything other than Allah.'" The Quraish used to swear by their forefathers, and so he said: "Do not swear by your forefathers."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلاَ يَحْلِفْ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ met ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders, and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers, so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6646)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»
No, by my father. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Stop it! whoever swears by anything other than Allah has committed an act of shirk.ʿ
رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَهْ إِنَّهُ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ اللهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ
[AI] Ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ encountered Umar during one of his journeys and heard him saying, "And my father, and my father." So he said, "Verily, Allah forbids you from swearing by your fathers. So whoever swears, let him swear by Allah, and whoever does not, then let him remain silent."
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَأَبِي وَأَبِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوابِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَصْمُتْ
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 3836)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلِفْ إِلَّا بِاللهِ ﷻ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
He who has to take an oath, he must not take oath but by Allah. The Quraish used to take oath by their fathers. So he (the Holy Prophet) said: Do not take oath by your fathers. (Using translation from Muslim 1646f)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلِفْ إِلَّا بِاللهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا قَالَ فَلَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that one time the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was speaking to Umar ibn al-Khattab while he was travelling with a troop and Umar swore by his father and he (the Messenger) said, "Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers. If anyone swears, let him swear by Allah or keep silent."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رضى الله عنه وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
No, by my father. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Stop it! whoever swears by anything other than Allah has committed an act of shirk.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 329)
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ»
ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ الْمَرْءُ بِشَيْءٍ سِوَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
Ibn Umar heard a man swearing: No, I swear by the Ka'bah. Ibn Umar said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who swears by anyone but Allah is polytheist. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3251)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ حَلَفَ بِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مَنْهِيٌّ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ بِشَيْءٍ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ found 'Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3249)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ مُجَانَبَةِ الْحَلِفِ بِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
Messenger of Allah ﷺ met ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders, and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers, so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6646)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»
ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ الْمَرْءُ بِأَبِيهِ، أَوْ بِشَيْءٍ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ found 'Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3249)
أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَلْيَحْلِفْ حَالَفٌ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ»
ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا زَجَرَ عَنِ الْحَلِفِ بِالْآبَاءِ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever swears, let him not swear by anything other than Allah.'" The Quraish used to swear by their forefathers, and so he said: "Do not swear by your forefathers." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3764)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلِفُ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ» وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ»
[AI] While Umar ibn al-Khattab was walking in a caravan, he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ swearing by his father. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Indeed, Allah forbids you from swearing by your fathers. So whoever swears, let him swear by Allah or remain silent."
بَيْنَمَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ فَسَمِعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ حَلَفَ فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 3836)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلِفُ إِلَّا بِاللهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ»
that he found ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab in a group of people and he was swearing by his father. So Messenger of Allah ﷺ called them, saying, "Verily! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers. If one has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or otherwise keep quiet." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6108)
رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met Umar during one of his journeys, and he was saying: "And my father, and my father." So he said: "Verily, Allah forbids you from swearing by your fathers. So whoever swears, let him swear by Allah, or be silent."
أَدْرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَأَبِي وَأَبِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ found 'Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3249)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَهُ وَهُوَ فِي رَكْبٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فَلْيَحْلِفْ حَالَفٌ بِاللهِ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ
[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever swears an oath, let him swear only by Allah. The Quraysh used to swear by their fathers, so he ﷺ said, 'Do not swear by your fathers.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلِفْ إِلَّا بِاللهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
Translation not available.
"إِنَّ الله ﷻ يَنْهاكُمْ أنْ تَحْلفُوا بآبائكُمْ، فَمَنْ كانَ حالفًا فَليحْلِفْ بالله، وإلَّا فليصْمُتْ ".
Translation not available.
"أَلَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻِّ نَهَاكُم أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بآبَائِكُمْ، فَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَليَحْلِفْ بِاللَّه أوْ لِيَصْمُتْ".
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"أَلَا مَن كَان حالِفًا فَلَا يحْلِفْ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، لا تَحْلِفُوا بآبائِكُمْ".
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"مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلف إِلا بالله".
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"لا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ، فَمَنْ (*) حَلَفَ بِشَئٍ دُونَ اللهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ".
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