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bayhaqi:20049 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sālim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith al-Makhzūmī > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, a vow is only sought for the sake of seeking the face of Allah."

البيهقي:٢٠٠٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا النَّذْرُ مَا ابْتُغِيَ بِهِ وَجْهُ اللهِ

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ahmad:6732 – Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A vow is binding in those things by which the pleasure of Allah is sought, and an oath to break ties of relationship is not binding. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3273)

أحمد:٦٧٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا نَذْرَ إِلَّا فِيمَا ابْتُغِيَبِهِ وَجْهُ اللهِ ﷻ وَلَا يَمِينَ فِي قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ