Hadith on Oaths and Vows

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone swears a false oath in confinement, he should make his seat in Hell on account of his (act). ..

Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: He who swears an oath in which he tells a lie to take the property of a Muslim by unfair means, will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Al-Ashath said: I swear by..

Narrated Al-Ashath ibn Qays: A man of Kindah and a man of Hadramawt brought their dispute to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم about a land in the Yemen. Al-Hadrami said: Messenger of Allah, the father of this (man) usurped my land and it is in his..

Narrated Alqamah bin Wail bin Hujr al-Hadrami: On the Authority of his father: A man from Hadramawt and a man of Kindah came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. Al-Hadrami said: Messenger of Allah, this (man) took away forcibly from me..

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: One should not take a false oath at this pulpit of mine even on a green tooth-stick; otherwise he will make his abode in Hell, or Hell will be certain for him. ..

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: If anyone swears on oath is the course which he says: By al-Lat he should say: There is no god but Allah, and that if anyone says to his friend: Come and let me play..

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Do not swear by your fathers, or by your mothers, or by rivals to Allah; and swear by Allah only, and swear by Allah only when you are speaking the truth. ..

Narrated Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم found Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence. ..

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Umar through a different chain of narrators to the same effect up to the words by your fathers . This version adds: Umar said: I swear by Allah, I never swore by it personally or..

Saeed ibn Ubaydah said: Ibn Umar heard a man swearing: No, I swear by the Kabah. Ibn Umar said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: He who swears by anyone but Allah is polytheist. ..

Referring to the story of a bedouin, Talhah bin Ubaid Allah reported the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: He became successful, by his father, if he speaks the truth, he will enter paradise, by his father, if he speaks truth. ..

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: He who swears by Amanah (faithfulness) is not one of our number. ..

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said about the futile oath: It is man's speech in his house: No, by Allah, and Yes, by Allah. Abu Dawud said: Ibrahim al-Sa'igh, the narrator of this tradition, was a..

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: Your oath should be about something regarding which your companion will believe you. Musaddad said: Abdullah bin Abi Salih narrated to me. Abu Dawud said: Both of them..

Narrated Suwayd ibn Hanzalah: We went out intending (to visit) the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and Wail ibn Hujr was with us. His enemy caught him. The people desisted from swearing an oath, but I took an oath that he was my brother...

Narrated Thabit bin Adh-Dahhak: That he took oath of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم under the tree. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone swears by religion other than Islam falsely, he is like..

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone takes an oath and says: I am free from Islam; now if he is a liar (in his oath), he will not return to Islam with soundness. ..

Narrated Yusuf ibn Abdullah ibn Salam: I saw that the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم put a date on a loaf and said: This is a thing eaten with bread (condiments). ..

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam through a different chain of narrators. ..

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone says when swearing an oath: If Allah wills, he makes an exception. ..