Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2098
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; Ibn Abi ʿAdi narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdhaʾ, from Abu Qilabah, from Thabit ibn al-Dahhak, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever deliberately swears falsely by a religion other than Islam is as he has claimed.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ حَلَفَ بِمِلَّةٍ سِوَى الإِسْلاَمِ كَاذِبًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ " .
بملة سوى الإسلام means swearing by a religious creed other than Islam; كاذبًا متعمدًا qualifies the oath as deliberately false, and فهو كما قال is rendered literally as ‘he is as he has claimed.’
Does ‘swears falsely by a religion other than Islam’ preserve the stated act and condition without adding an interpretation of its consequence?