Sunan Ibn Majah 2094
Prohibition of making an oath by other than Allah
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعَهُ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا حَلَفْتُ بِهَا ذَاكِرًا وَلاَ آثِرًا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Abū ʿUmar al-ʿAdanī
- Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah
- al-Zuhrī
- Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar
- his father
- ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard him swearing by his father. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah forbids you from making oaths by your forefathers." 'Umar said: I never took an oath by them (i.e., my forefathers) myself nor narrating such words from anyone else.”
Notes
قَالَ عُمَرُ فَمَا حَلَفْتُ بِهَا ذَاكِرًا وَلاَ آثِرًا
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1716 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 6647Sunan Abi Dawud 3250al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19881Musnad Abi Ya'la 5486
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبعن
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHأَبِيهِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the firstسَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمتعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AHسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقاتحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq); he compiled a Musnad and was a close companion of Ibn ʿUyaynah; but Abū Ḥātim said: He had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 243 AH, also said: 244 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّصدوق ، صنف المسند ، وكان لازم ابن عيينة ، لكن قال أبو حاتم : كانت فيه غفلةحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
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Commentaries
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