[Machine] A father made a vow that if his son survives, he will cut off a part of his hair. When the son survived, he sent me to Imran ibn al-Husayn to ask for clarification. Imran advised me to ask my father to either free his son or to pay compensation for breaking the vow, as the Prophet ﷺ encouraged giving charity and discouraged fulfilling vows through such actions. I then went to Samurah and asked him the same question. He gave a similar response, which was narrated by Ma'mar, Hammam, and Qatadah from Al-Hasan, and Hiyaj from Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah. However, Sa'id ibn Abi Arubah and Hammam ibn Yahya held a different opinion.
أَنَّ غُلَامًا لِأَبِيهِ أَبَقَ فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَذْرًا لَئِنْ قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَقْطَعَنَّ مِنْهُ طَابِقًا فَلَمَّا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَى عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عِمْرَانُ مُرْ أَبَاكَ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ غُلَامَهُ أَوْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ «فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَحُثُّنَا عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ وَيَنْهَانَا عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِ» فَأَتَيْتُ سَمُرَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ عِمْرَانَ هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ مَعْمَرٌ وَهَمَّامٌ وَقَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ هَيَّاجٍ «وَخَالَفَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَهَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى»