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nasai:3793Aḥmad b. Saʿīd > Ḥibbān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever swears an oath and says: 'If Allah wills', then if he wishes he may go ahead, and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath."  

النسائي:٣٧٩٣أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْ شَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ  


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abudawud:3262Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá And Musaddad Wahadhā Ḥadīthuh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone swears an oath and makes an exception, he may fulfil it if he wishes and break it if he wishes without any accountability for breaking.  

أبو داود:٣٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى وَمُسَدَّدٌ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْ شَاءَ رَجَعَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حِنْثٍ  

ibnmajah:2105Muḥammad b. Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever swears an oath and says In sha' Allah, if he wishes he may go ahead and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath."  

ابن ماجة:٢١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ وَاسْتَثْنَى إِنْ شَاءَ رَجَعَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرُ حَانِثٍ  

ahmad:6414ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever swears an oath and says: 'If Allah wills', then if he wishes he may go ahead, and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3793)   

أحمد:٦٤١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْشَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ رَجَعَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مُخَيَّرٌ عِنْدَ اسْتِثْنَائِهِ فِي الْيَمِينِ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ يَمِينَهُ، أَوْ يَمْضِيَ فِيهَا

ibnhibban:4342al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUmar b. Yazīd al-Sayyārī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone swears an oath and makes an exception, he may fulfil it if he wishes and break it if he wishes without any accountability for breaking. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3262)   

ابن حبّان:٤٣٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ السَّيَّارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ»  

nasai-kubra:4716Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Khurāsānī > Ḥabbān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever swears an oath and says: 'If Allah wills', then if he wishes he may go ahead, and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3793)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧١٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْ شَاءَ مَضَّى وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ»