رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1707
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- 197
Chapter 61
Chapter context: Prohibition of Swearing in the name of anything besides Allah
- باب النهي عن الحلف بمخلوق كالنبي والكعبة والملائكة والسماء والآباء والحياة والروح والرأس ونعمة السلطان وتربة فلان والأمانة، وهي من أشدها نهيًا
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Original Arabic
عن ابن عمر، رضي الله عنهما، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، قال: "إن الله تعالى ينهاكم أن تحلفوا بآبائكم، فمن كان حالفًا، فليحلف بالله، أو ليصمت" ((متفق عليه)). وفي رواية في الصحيح "فمن كان حالفًا فلا يحلف إلا بالله أو ليسكت".
Translation
English translation
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has prohibited you from taking an oath by your fathers. He who must take an oath, may do so by swearing in the Name of Allah or he should remain silent." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1707 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 197 under the chapter “Prohibition of Swearing in the name of anything besides Allah.”
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