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ahmad:5093Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Lā Aʿlamuh Illā

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever swears an oath and makes an exception, he has the option to fulfill his oath or revoke it without any sin or distress."  

أحمد:٥٠٩٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ أَوْ قَالَ غَيْرَ حَرَجٍ  


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ahmad:6414ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever swears an oath and says: 'If Allah wills', then if he wishes he may go ahead, and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3793)   

أحمد:٦٤١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْشَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ رَجَعَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ  

ahmad:4510Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Ayyūb Lā Aʿlamuh Illā

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: Whoever takes an oath and specifies a condition, then if he wishes to fulfill his oath, he may do so, and if he wishes to nullify it, he may do so without any sin.  

أحمد:٤٥١٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ غَيْرَ حِنْثٍ أَوْ قَالَ غَيْرَ حَرَجٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مُخَيَّرٌ عِنْدَ اسْتِثْنَائِهِ فِي الْيَمِينِ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ يَمِينَهُ، أَوْ يَمْضِيَ فِيهَا

ibnhibban:4342al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUmar b. Yazīd al-Sayyārī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3262)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ السَّيَّارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ»