Muhammad. He came near him and said: What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said: Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold of one proceeding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the Prophet on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) have caught hold of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He (the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him and said: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Messenger of Allah ﷺ was very compassionate, and tenderhearted, he returned to him, and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am a Muslim, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said this when you had been the master of yourself, you would have gained every success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called him again saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I am thirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for two persons (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator) said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and also al-Adbi' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. The people were giving rest to their animals before their houses. She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. As she drew near the camels, they fretted and fumed and so she left them until she came to al-, Adbi'. It did not fret and fume; it was docile She rode upon its back and drove it away and she went off. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned of this, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhausted them. She (the woman) took vow for Allah, that in case He would save her through it, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Medina, the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adbi, the she-camel of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (the woman) said that she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on its back, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's Companions) came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill she rewarded it that she took vow to Allah that if He saves her on its back, she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfillment of the vow in an act of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has no control. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" There is no vow in disobedience to Allah."  

كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَأَصَابُوا مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءَ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ فِي الْوَثَاقِ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَخَذْتَنِي وَبِمَ أَخَذْتَ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ فَقَالَ إِعْظَامًا لِذَلِكَ أَخَذْتُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَحِيمًا رَقِيقًا فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلاَحِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَأَسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ فَفُدِيَ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ قَالَ وَأُسِرَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَأُصِيبَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ وَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ يُرِيحُونَ نَعَمَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ بُيُوتِهِمْ فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ فَأَتَتِ الإِبِلَ فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَلَمْ تَرْغُ قَالَ وَنَاقَةٌ مُنَوَّقَةٌ فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذِرُوا بِهَا فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ قَالَ وَنَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا الْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا نَذَرَتْ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا نَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لاَ وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ وَلاَ فِيمَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ لاَ نَذْرَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ  

Muhammad. He came near him and said: What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said: Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold of one proceeding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the Prophet on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) have caught hold of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He (the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him and said: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Messenger of Allah ﷺ was very compassionate, and tenderhearted, he returned to him, and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am a Muslim, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said this when you had been the master of yourself, you would have gained every success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called him again saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I am thirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for two persons (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator) said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and also al-Adbi' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. The people were giving rest to their animals before their houses. She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. As she drew near the camels, they fretted and fumed and so she left them until she came to al-, Adbi'. It did not fret and fume; it was docile She rode upon its back and drove it away and she went off. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned of this, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhausted them. She (the woman) took vow for Allah, that in case He would save her through it, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Medina, the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adbi, the she-camel of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She (the woman) said that she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on its back, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's Companions) came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill she rewarded it that she took vow to Allah that if He saves her on its back, she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfillment of the vow in an act of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has no control. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are):" There is no vow in disobedience to Allah." (Using translation from Muslim 1641a)  

كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِي عُقَيْلٍ فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَأُصِيبَتْ مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْوَثَاقِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَخَذْتَنِي؟ بِمَ أَخَذْتَ؟ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ إِعْظَامًا لِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَخَذْتُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَحِيمًا رقِيقًا فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَاسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ فَفُدِيَ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ وَأُسِرَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأُصِيبَ مَعَهَا الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ فَأَتَتِ الْإِبِلَ فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَلَمْ تَرْغُ قَالَ وَنَاقَةٌ مُنَوَّقَةٌ فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذِرُوا بِهَا فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ فَنَذَرَتْ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ فَقَالُواالْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ نَذَرْتُ إِنْ أَنْجَاهَا اللهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا؛ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ وَلَا نَذْرَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ  

[Machine] Two men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ were captured by the people of Thaqeef, and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ had captured a man from the Banu Amer bin Sa'sa'ah tribe. He passed by the Prophet ﷺ while he was bound, so he called out to him, "O Muhammad, O Muhammad." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached him and asked, "Why are you being held captive?" He replied, "By the rights of your allies." The Prophet ﷺ then continued on his way. He called out to him again, and the Prophet ﷺ came to him. The captive said to him, "I am a Muslim." The Prophet ﷺ responded, "If you had said that while you were in control of your affairs, you would have succeeded greatly." The Prophet ﷺ then continued on his way. He called out to him once more, and the Prophet ﷺ came to him. The captive said to him, "I am hungry. Please feed me." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "This is your need." Then, the Prophet ﷺ ransomed him by giving the two men who were captured by the people of Thaqeef.  

أَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفٌ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ فَمَرَّ بِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُوثَقٌ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «عَلَامَ أُحْبَسُ؟ » فَقَالَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثُمَّ مَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَادَاهُ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْأَسِيرُ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ» ثُمَّ مَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَادَاهُ أَيْضًا فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَدَاهُ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ كَانَتْ ثَقِيفٌ أَسَرَتْهُمَا  

[Machine] The companions of the Prophet ﷺ captured a man from the tribe of Bani Aqil and tied him up in a pen. The Prophet ﷺ passed by him while we were with him, or he said, "He passed by him while riding on a donkey with a saddle made of a shawl underneath it." The man called out, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" So he (the Prophet) came to him and said, "What is the matter with you?" He replied, "I have been taken by the oath of your allies, the people of Thaqif." Thaqif had captured two men from among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ . The man then said, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" The Prophet asked, "What is the matter with you?" He replied, "I am a Muslim." The Prophet said, "If you had said that while you had control over your affairs, you would have succeeded in all matters." Then he left. The man called out, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" So he (the Prophet) returned and said, "What is the matter with you?" The man said, "I am hungry, so feed me." The Prophet considered it and then said, "I am thirsty, so give me a drink." The man said, "This is my request." So the Prophet freed the two men from Thaqif for him. This is the narration of Ishaq.  

أَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَقِيلٍ فَأَوْثَقُوهُ فَطَرَحُوهُ فِي الْحَرَّةِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ أَوْ قَالَ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَتَحْتَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ قَالَ فِيمَا أُخِذْتُ؟ قَالَ أُخِذْتَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفٍ وَكَانَتْ ثَقِيفٌ قَدْ أَسَرَتْ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ وَتَرَكَهُ وَمَضَى قَالَ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَشْبِعْنِي وَحَسِبَهُ قَالَ إِنِّي عَطْشَانُ فَاسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ فَفَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَسَرَتْهُمَا ثَقِيفٌ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ  

[Machine] The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ captured a man from the Banī 'Āqil tribe. They tied him up and left him in the desert. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him while we were with him, or he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came across him while riding on a donkey, with a saddle made of Qatifa underneath him." The man called out, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" So the Prophet ﷺ came to him and said, "What is your matter?" He replied, "What will happen to me?" The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What did you do to deserve this? And what did the two men who were captured before you do?" He said, "I was taken as a prisoner by the armed men from Thaqif while they had captured two of the Prophet's companions. So I left them and ran away." Then the man called out again, "O Muhammad! O Muhammad!" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had mercy on him and went back to him, saying, "What is your matter?" The man said, "I am hungry, so feed me." The Prophet ﷺ said, "I thought he would say this." Then the man said, "I am thirsty, so give me something to drink." The Prophet ﷺ said, "This is your need." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ransomed the two men from Thaqif and took the man's camel as compensation.  

أَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عَقِيلٍ فَأَوْثَقُوهُ فَطَرَحُوهُ فِي الْحَرَّةِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ أَوْ قَالَ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَتَحْتَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قَالَ فِيمَ أُخِذْتُ وَفِيمَ أُخِذَتْ سَابِقَةُ الْحَاجِّ؟ قَالَ أُخِذْتَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكُمْ ثَقِيفٍ وَكَانَتْ ثَقِيفٌ قَدْ أَسَرَتْ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَتَرَكَهُ وَمَضَى فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَرَحِمَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ وَمَضَى فَنَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَائِعٌ فَأَطْعِمْنِي قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ وَإِنِّي عَطْشَانُ فَاسْقِنِي قَالَ هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ فَفَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَسَرَتْهُمَا ثَقِيفٌ وَأَخَذَ نَاقَتَهُ تِلْكَ