26. Vows
٢٦۔ كتاب النذر
Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) singled out one day forbidding us to take vows and said: It would not avert anything; it is by which something is extracted from the miserly person.
أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا يَنْهَانَا عَنِ النَّذْرِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّحِيحِ
The vow neither hastens anything nor defers anything, but is the means whereby (something) is extracted from the miserly person.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ النَّذْرُ لاَ يُقَدِّمُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يُؤَخِّرُهُ وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ
It does not (necessarily) bring good (in the form of substantial, and tangible results), but it is the meant whereby something is extracted from the miserly persons.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ النَّذْرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَأْتِي بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of transmitters.
عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ
Do not take vows, for a vow has no effect against Fate; it is only from the miserly that something is extracted.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تَنْذُرُوا فَإِنَّ النَّذْرَ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْقَدَرِ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ
It does not avert Fate, but is the means by which something is extracted from the miser.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ النَّذْرِ وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ وَإِنَّمَا يُسْتَخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ
The vow does not bring anything near to the son of Adam which Allah has not ordained for him, but (at times) the vow coincides with Destiny, and this is how something is extracted from the miserly person, which that miser was not willing to give.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّذْرَ لاَ يُقَرِّبُ مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَكُنِ اللَّهُ قَدَّرَهُ لَهُ وَلَكِنِ النَّذْرُ يُوَافِقُ الْقَدَرَ فَيُخْرَجُ بِذَلِكَ مِنَ الْبَخِيلِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الْبَخِيلُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Amr b. Abu 'Amr.
عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ