Sunan an-Nasa'i 3764
The Stern Warning Against Swearing By Anything Other Than Allah
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلاَ يَحْلِفْ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Ḥujr
- Ismāʿīl / Ibn Jaʿfar
- ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever swears, let him not swear by anything other than Allah.'" The Quraish used to swear by their forefathers, and so he said: "Do not swear by your forefathers."
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| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
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| Abu Ghuddah | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |