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ibnmajah:2120 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hushaym > ʿAbbād b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"The oath is only according to the intention of the one who requests the oath to be taken."'  

ابن ماجة:٢١٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا الْيَمِينُ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْمُسْتَحْلِفِ  

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muslim:1653b – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hushaym > ʿAbbād b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

An oath is to be interpreted according to the intention of the one who takes it.  

مسلم:١٦٥٣b – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْيَمِينُ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْمُسْتَحْلِفِ