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(Book 22, Hadith 4) #36082
Completing Vows to Allah

SUMMARY: A grandmother was unable to complete her vow of walking to the House of Allah, so she was allowed to ride and start walking from the place where she stopped.

Yahya related to me from Malik that Urwa ibn Udhayna al-Laythi said, "I went out with my grandmother who had vowed to walk to the House of Allah. When we had gone part of the way, she could not go on. I sent one of her Mawlas to question Abdullah ibn Umar and I went with him. He asked Abdullah ibn Umar, and Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, 'Take her and let her ride, and when she has the strength let her ride back, and start to walk from the place from which she was unable to go on'.~ Yahya said that he had heard Malik say, "I think that she must sacrifice an animal". Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar- Rahman said the same as Abdullah ibn Umar.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ جَدَّةٍ لِي عَلَيْهَا مَشْىٌ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ عَجَزَتْ فَأَرْسَلَتْ مَوْلًى لَهَا يَسْأَلُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ فَسَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ مُرْهَا فَلْتَرْكَبْ ثُمَّ لْتَمْشِي مِنْ حَيْثُ عَجَزَتْ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ وَنَرَى عَلَيْهَا مَعَ ذَلِكَ الْهَدْىَ ‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبَا، سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَا يَقُولاَنِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

TOPICS
vow  *  ride  *  sacrifice  *  nadhr  *  baytullah  *  rihla  *  dhahaya  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Fulfill promises/vows made before God . Keep promises within one's means/capabilities . Find ways in which you can still fulfill your promises even if they become hard for you at some point in time .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a grandmother who made a vow or nadhr to walk all the way to the House of Allah. When she could not continue on her journey due to exhaustion or lack of strength, she asked for advice from Abdullah Ibn Umar who told her that it would be permissible for her to ride instead and start walking again from where she left off. He also suggested that an animal should be sacrificed as part of fulfilling this vow. Other companions such as Said Ibn Al Musayyab and Abu Salama Ibn Abd Ar Rahman agreed with this opinion as well. This hadith teaches us that if we make a promise or vow before God then we must fulfill it even if it becomes difficult for us along the way. We should not give up but rather find ways in which we can still fulfill our promises even if they become hard for us at some point in time. It also teaches us that when making vows before God we should always keep them within our means so that they are easier for us to fulfill without having any difficulty along the way.

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