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ahmad:6990 – ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas Abū Mālik al-Azdī > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no vow or oath in what the son of Adam does not possess, nor in the disobedience of Allah, nor in cutting off ties of kinship. So whoever swears an oath by something, and then sees something better than it, then let him leave it and go for what is better, for indeed, abandoning it is its expiation."  

أحمد:٦٩٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا نَذْرَ وَلَا يَمِينَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ ﷻ وَلَا قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ فَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا  

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abudawud:3274 – al-Mundhir b. al-Walīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and then considers something else better than it, he should give it up, and do what is better, for leaving it is its atonement. Abu Dawud said: All sound traditions from the Prophet ﷺ say: "He should make atonement for his oath," except those versions which are not reliable. Abu Dawud said: I said to Ahmad: Yahya b. Sa'id (al-Qattan) has transmitted this tradition from Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah. He (Ahmad b. Hanbal) said: But he gave it up after that, and he was competent for doing it. Ahmad said: His (Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah's) tradition are munkar (rejected) and his father is not known.  

أبو داود:٣٢٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ نَذْرَ وَلاَ يَمِينَ فِيمَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلاَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ فِي قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ وَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الأَحَادِيثُ كُلُّهَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ إِلاَّ فِيمَا لاَ يُعْبَأُ بِهِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قُلْتُ لأَحْمَدَ رَوَى يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ تَرَكَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَ أَهْلاً لِذَلِكَ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ أَحَادِيثُهُ مَنَاكِيرُ وَأَبُوهُ لاَ يُعْرَفُ
bayhaqi:19859 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > al-Mundhir b. al-Walīd al-a neighborūdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and then considers something else better than it, he should give it up, and do what is better, for leaving it is its atonement. Abu Dawud said: All sound traditions from the Prophet ﷺ say: "He should make atonement for his oath," except those versions which are not reliable. Abu Dawud said: I said to Ahmad: Yahya b. Sa'id (al-Qattan) has transmitted this tradition from Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah. He (Ahmad b. Hanbal) said: But he gave it up after that, and he was competent for doing it. Ahmad said: His (Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah's) tradition are munkar (rejected) and his father is not known. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3274)   

البيهقي:١٩٨٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْجَارُودِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا نَذْرَ وَلَا يَمِينَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ وَلَا فِي قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمِهِ وَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا وَرُوِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ أَضْعَفَ مِنْ هَذَا  

suyuti:25693a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٥٦٩٣a –

"لا نَذْرَ وَلا يَمينَ فِيمَا لا يَمْلِكُ ابنُ آدَمَ، وَلا فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ،

وَلا فِي قَطيعَةِ رَحِمٍ، وَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأى غَيرَهَا خَيرًا مِنْهَا فَليَدَعْهَا وَلْيَأتِ الَّذي هُوَ خَيرٌ، فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا".  

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