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Sunan Abi Dawud 3274 (Book 22, Hadith 33) #23564
The Unbinding of Oaths

SUMMARY: Oaths and vows about something out of one's control, disobeying Allah, and breaking ties of relationship are not binding. If one takes an oath and then finds something better than it, they should leave it and do what is better as that is its atonement.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and then considers something else better than it, he should give it up, and do what is better, for leaving it is its atonement. Abu Dawud said: All sound traditions from the Prophet say: "He should make atonement for his oath," except those versions which are not reliable. Abu Dawud said: I said to Ahmad: Yahya b. Sa'id (al-Qattan) has transmitted this tradition from Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah. He (Ahmad b. Hanbal) said: But he gave it up after that, and he was competent for doing it. Ahmad said: His (Yahya b. 'Ubaid Allah's) tradition are munkar (rejected) and his father is not known.
حَدَّثَنَا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ لاَ نَذْرَ وَلاَ يَمِينَ فِيمَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلاَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ فِي قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ، وَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ، فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ‏:‏ الأَحَادِيثُ كُلُّهَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ إِلاَّ فِيمَا لاَ يُعْبَأُ بِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قُلْتُ لأَحْمَدَ ‏:‏ رَوَى يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ تَرَكَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَ أَهْلاً لِذَلِكَ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ ‏:‏ أَحَادِيثُهُ مَنَاكِيرُ وَأَبُوهُ لاَ يُعْرَفُ

TOPICS
oath  *  vow  *  atonement  *  control  *  ii

QUICK LESSONS:
Be mindful when making decisions and understand that you cannot make decisions on behalf of others since only Allah has control over other people’s actions .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the concept of oaths or vows in Islam. It states that if a person makes an oath or vow about something over which they have no control, such as the future or another person’s actions, then this oath or vow is not binding upon them. Furthermore, if someone takes an oath but later finds something else to be more beneficial than their original decision, they should give up their original decision and do what is better for them instead; this act will serve as atonement for their previous decision. This hadith teaches us to be mindful when making decisions because we may find ourselves in a situation where our initial choice was not the best option for us after all. We must also remember that we cannot make decisions on behalf of others; only Allah has control over other people’s actions so any promises made regarding them are invalid.

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