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السيوطي:٢٢٩٢٠a

"مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلَا يَحْلف إِلا بالله".  

[ن] النسائي عن ابن عمر [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن مسعود

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2679Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Jūwayriyah > Dhakar Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent." (i.e. He should not swear by other than Allah.)  

البخاري:٢٦٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ قَالَ ذَكَرَ نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ  

bukhari:7401Abū Nuʿaym > And Rqāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by Allah."  

البخاري:٧٤٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ وَمَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ  

ahmad:4703Yaḥyá > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > Kānat Quraysh Taḥlif Biābāʾihā

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not swear by your fathers; and whoever wants to swear should swear by Allah." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7401)  

أحمد:٤٧٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللهِ لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ