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ibnmajah:2117 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Ajlaḥ al-Kindī > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Ibn ʿAbbās

'When anyone of you swears an oath, let him not say: 'What Allah wills and what you will.' Rather let him say: 'What Allah wills and then what you will.'  

ابن ماجة:٢١١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَجْلَحُ الْكِنْدِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَلَفَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَقُلْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشِئْتَ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ شِئْتَ  

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'When anyone of you swears an oath, let him not say: 'What Allah wills and what you will.' Rather let him say: 'What Allah wills and then what you will.' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2117)   

السيوطي:١٦٨٤a –

"إِذا حَلفَ أحدُكُمْ فلا يَقُلْ: ما شاء اللهُ وشِئتُ ولكن ليقُلْ: ما شَاءَ اللهُ ثم شِئْتُه".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس