Expiation
for Unfulfilled Oaths
Volume 8,
Book 79, Number 699:
Narrated Ka'b bin 'Ujra:
I came to the Prophet and he said
to me, "Come near." So I went near to him and he said, "Are your lice troubling
you?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "(Shave your head and) make expiation in
the form of fasting, Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice."
(The sub-narrator) Aiyub said, "Fasting should be for three days, and the
Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given to six poor
persons."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 700:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and
said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet said, "What is the matter with you?" He said,
"I had sexual relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan." The
Prophet said, "Have you got enough to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The
Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" The man said, "No."
The Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" The man said, "No." Then
the Prophet said to him, "Sit down," and he sat down. Afterwards an 'Irq,
i.e., a big basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet and the Prophet
said to him, "Take this and give it in charity." The man said, "To poorer
people than we?" On that, the Prophet smiled till his premolar teeth became
visible, and then told him, "Feed your family with it." (See Hadith No. 157,
Vol 3)
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 701:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle
and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet said to him, "What is the matter?" He
said, "I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan."
The Prophet said to him?" "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No."
The Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He said, "No."
The Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" He said, "No." Then an
Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The Prophet said
(to the man), "Take this (basket) and give it in charity." That man said,
"To poorer people than we, O Allah's Apostle? By Him Who has sent you with
the Truth! There is no house in between the two mountains (of the city of
Medina) poorer than we." So the Prophet said (to him), "Go and feed it to
your family."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 702:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
A man came to the Prophets and
said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet said, "What is the matter with you?" He said,
"I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan" The
Prophet said to him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The
Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He said, "No." The
Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" He said, "I have nothing."
Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and
the Prophet said (to him), "Take this basket and give it in charity." The
man said, "To poorer people than we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e.,
Medina's) two mountains who is poorer than we." The Prophet then said, "Take
it and feed your family with it."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 703:
Narrated Al-Ju'aid bin Abdur-Rahman:
As-Sa'ib bin Yazid said, "The
Sa' at the time of the Prophet was equal to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd
of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph 'Umar bin 'Abdul
Aziz."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 704:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar used to give the Zakat
of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet, the first
Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to
the Mudd of the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, "Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e.,
of Medina) is better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in
the Mudd of the Prophet!' Malik further said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you
and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you
measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?' I replied, 'We would
give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet' On that, Malik said, 'Then,
don't you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'"
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 705:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah!
Bestow Your Blessings on their measures, Sa' and Mudd (i.e., of the people
of Medina) "
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 706:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "If somebody
manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will save from the Fire every part of his body
for freeing the corresponding parts of the slave's body, even his private
parts will be saved from the Fire) because of freeing the slave's private
parts."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 707:
Narrated 'Amr:
Jabir said: An Ansari man made
his slave a Mudabbar and he had no other property than him. When the Prophet
heard of that, he said (to his companions), "Who wants to buy him (i.e., the
slave) for me?" Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for eight hundred Dirhams.
I heard Jabir saying, "That was a coptic slave who died in the same year."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 708:
Narrated 'Aisha:
that she intended to buy Barira
(a slave girl) and her masters stipulated that they would have her Wala'.
When 'Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet ; he said, "Buy her, for the Wala'
is for the one who manumits."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 709:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari:
I went to Allah's Apostle along
with a group of people from (the tribe of) Al-Ash'ari, asking for mounts.
The Prophet said, "By Allah, I will not give you anything to ride, and I have
nothing to mount you on." We stayed there as long as Allah wished, and after
that, some camels were brought to the Prophet and he ordered that we be given
three camels. When we set out, some of us said to others, "Allah will not
bless us, as we all went to Allah's Apostle asking him for mounts, and although
he had sworn that he would not give us mounts, he did give us." So we returned
to the Prophet; and mentioned that to him. He said, "I have not provided you
with mounts, but Allah has. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath,
and then see that another is better than the first, I make expiration for
my (dissolved) oath, and do what is better and make expiration."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 710:
Narrated Hammad:
the same narration above (i.e.
709), "I make expiation for my dissolved oath, and I do what is better, or
do what is better and make expiation."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 711:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
(The Prophet) Solomon said, "Tonight
I will sleep with (my) ninety wives, each of whom will get a male child who
will fight for Allah's Cause." On that, his companion (Sufyan said that his
companion was an angel) said to him, "Say, "If Allah will (Allah willing)."
But Solomon forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the
women gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a halfboy. Abu Huraira
added: The Prophet said, "If Solomon had said, "If Allah will" (Allah willing),
he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would have attained
what he had desired." Once Abu Huraira added: Allah apostle said, "If he had
accepted."
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 712:
Narrated Zahdam al-Jarmi:
We were sitting with Abu Musa
Al-Ash'sari, and as there were ties of friendship and mutual favors between
us and his tribe. His meal was presented before him and there was chicken
meat in it. Among those who were present there was a man from Bani Taimillah
having a red complexion as a non-Arab freed slave, and that man did not approach
the meal. Abu Musa said to him, "Come along! I have seen Allah's Apostle eating
of that (i.e., chicken)." The man said, "I have seen it (chickens) eating
something I regarded as dirty, and so I have taken an oath that I shall not
eat (its meat) chicken." Abu Musa said, "Come along! I will inform you about
it (i.e., your oath).
Once we went to Allah's Apostle
in company with a group of Ash'airiyin, asking him for mounts while he was
distributing some camels from the camels of Zakat. (Aiyub said, "I think he
said that the Prophet was in an angry mood at the time.") The Prophet said,
'By Allah! I will not give you mounts, and I have nothing to mount you on.'
After we had left, some camels of booty were brought to Allah's Apostle and
he said, "Where are those Ash'ariyin? Where are those Ash'ariyin?" So we went
(to him) and he gave us five very fat good-looking camels. We mounted them
and went away, and then I said to my companions, 'We went to Allah's Apostle
to give us mounts, but he took an oath that he would not give us mounts, and
then later on he sent for us and gave us mounts, perhaps Allah's Apostle forgot
his oath. By Allah, we will never be successful, for we have taken advantage
of the fact that Allah's Apostle forgot to fulfill his oath. So let us return
to Allah's Apostle to remind him of his oath.' We returned and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! We came to you and asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that
you would not give us mounts) but later on you gave us mounts, and we thought
or considered that you have forgotten your oath.' The Prophet said, 'Depart,
for Allah has given you Mounts. By Allah, Allah willing, if I take an oath
and then later find another thing better than that, I do what is better, and
make expiation for the oath.' "
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 713:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e.
No. 712).
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 714:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e.
No. 712).
Volume 8, Book
79, Number 715:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
Allah's Apostle said, "(O 'Abdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for,
if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it,
then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking,
then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help
you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find
another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation
for (the dissolution of) your oath."
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