Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2096
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ فِي يَمِينِهِ بِاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi narrated to us; ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Wahid narrated to us, from al-Awzaʿi, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘If someone swears an oath and says, “By al-Lat and al-ʿUzza,” let him say, “There is no god but Allah.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Al-Lat and al-ʿUzza were pre-Islamic Arabian deities.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ فِي يَمِينِهِ بِاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " .
Al-Lat and al-ʿUzza are named deities invoked in the oath; the prescribed response is the declaration ‘There is no god but Allah.’
Does retaining the deities’ names with a brief note clarify the reference without changing the report’s instruction?