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Sunan Abi Dawud 3313 (Book 22, Hadith 72) #23603
Fulfilling Vows in Islam

SUMMARY: A man took a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwanah, and the Prophet ﷺ advised him to fulfill his vow as long as it does not involve any act of disobedience to Allah.

Narrated Thabit ibn ad-Dahhak: In the time of the Prophet a man took a vow to slaughter a camel at Buwanah. So he came to the Prophet and said: I have taken a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwanah. The Prophet asked: Did the place contain any idol worshipped in pre-Islamic times? They (the people) said: #He asked: Was any pre-Islamic festival observed there? They replied: #The Prophet said: fulfill your vow, for a vow to do an act of disobedience to Allah must not be fulfilled, neither must one do something over which a human being has no control.
حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ، قَالَ ‏:‏ نَذَرَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَنْحَرَ إِبِلاً بِبُوَانَةَ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ فَقَالَ ‏:‏ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ إِبِلاً بِبُوَانَةَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ هَلْ كَانَ فِيهَا وَثَنٌ مِنْ أَوْثَانِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يُعْبَدُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا ‏:‏ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ هَلْ كَانَ فِيهَا عِيدٌ مِنْ أَعْيَادِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا ‏:‏ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ أَوْفِ بِنَذْرِكَ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ فِيمَا لاَ يَمْلِكُ ابْنُ آدَمَ

TOPICS
vow  *  sacrifice  *  obedience  *  disobedience  *  times

QUICK LESSONS:
Be careful when making vows and promises; Keep your promises; Obey God's commands; Do not do anything sinful against God; Fulfill your vows unless they are disobedient acts towards God or something over which you have no control .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about fulfilling vows in Islam. It is narrated by Thabit ibn ad-Dahhak that a man came to the Prophet and said he had taken a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwanah. The Prophet asked if the place contained any idol worshipped in pre-Islamic times or if any pre-Islamic festival was observed there. The people replied no, so the Prophet advised him to fulfill his vow as long as it does not involve any act of disobedience to Allah. This hadith teaches us that we should be careful when making vows and promises, because we must keep them unless they are against Allah's commands or something over which we have no control. We should also remember that our actions should always be done with obedience towards Allah and never with disobedience or sinning against Him.

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