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tabarani:15605[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb [Chain 2] Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb And ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] "The pagans were jealous of the Prophet's ﷺ mounting grounds, so they took it. The goats were with them when they took it, and they captured a Muslim woman. They used to let their camels graze freely in their pens at night, but one night the woman got up and saw that they were wearing clothes. She did not touch any camel except the one that was harnessed. She rode it, thinking that Allah ﷻ would save her by it, so she intended to sacrifice it. When she arrived, she recognized the camel and it was said, 'This is the Prophet's ﷺ camel.' So it was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he was informed of her vow. He said, 'The worst of what you have done is that Allah saved it for you to sacrifice it. There is no fulfilling a vow in disobeying Allah, nor in what is beyond the control of human beings.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَعَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَغَارَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى سَرْحِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ وَكَانَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فِيمَا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ وَأَسَرُوا امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَكَانُوا إِذَا اللَّيْلُ يُرِيحُونَ إِبِلَهُمْ فِي أَفْنِيَتِهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْضُ اللَّيْلِ قَامَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَيْلَةً وَقَدْ ثُوِّبُوا فَجَعَلَتْ لَا تَضَعُ يَدَهَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ إِلَّا رَغَا حَتَّى أَتَتْ عَلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ فَأَتَتْ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ ذَلُولٍ مَحْرُوسَةٍ فَرَكِبَتْهَا وَجَعَلَتْ إِنِ اللهُ ﷻ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَهَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ عَرَفَتِ النَّاقَةَ قِيلَ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ بِنَذْرِهَا فَقَالَ «شَرُّ مَا جَزَيْتِهَا إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَاهَا عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرِينَهَا لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ وَلَا فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ»  


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ahmad:19883Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "There was a woman captured by the enemy, and they used to release their camels for grazing in the evening. So she came to the camels and wanted to ride one of them, but every time she approached a camel, it would snort and she would leave it until she came to a female camel. It did not snort, so she rode on it and escaped. She arrived in the city, and when the people saw her, they said, 'This is the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Adhba.' She said, 'I vowed to sacrifice it because Allah saved me through it.' He (the Prophet ﷺ) said, 'How bad you have rewarded it! There is no vow for the son of Adam in what he does not possess, nor in disobedience to Allah.'"  

أحمد:١٩٨٨٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَتْ امْرَأَةٌ أَسَرَهَا الْعَدُوُّ وَكَانُوا يُرِيحُونَ إِبِلَهُمْ عِشَاءً فَأَتَتِ الْإِبِلَ تُرِيدُ مِنْهَا بَعِيرًا تَرْكَبُهُ فَكُلَّمَا دَنَتْ مِنْ بَعِيرٍ رَغَا فَتَرَكَتْهُ حَتَّى أَتَتْ نَاقَةً مِنْهَا فَلَمْ تَرْغُ فَرَكِبَتْ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ نَجَتْ فَقَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا النَّاسُ قَالُوا نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَضْبَاءُ قَالَتْ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَهَا؛ إِنِ اللهُ أَنْجَانِي عَلَيْهَا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا جَزَيْتِيهَا لَا نَذْرَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ وَلَا نَذْرَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِاللهِ