Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3256
Ambiguity In Oaths
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهَا، سُوَيْدِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَعَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ فَأَخَذَهُ عَدُوٌّ لَهُ فَتَحَرَّجَ الْقَوْمُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ تَحَرَّجُوا أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَحَلَفْتُ أَنَّهُ أَخِي قَالَ "صَدَقْتَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ "
Translation
Narrated Suwayd ibn Hanzalah
We set out intending to reach the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and with us was Wa'il ibn Hujr. An enemy of his seized him, and the people hesitated to swear an oath, but I swore an oath that he was my brother, so he released him. Then we came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I informed him that the people hesitated to swear, but I swore that he was my brother. He said: You have spoken the truth; a Muslim is the brother of a Muslim.