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Sunan Ibn Majah 2104
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَلَهُ ثُنْيَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Al-ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzim al-ʿAnbari narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Maʿmar informed us, from Ibn Tawus, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever swears an oath and says, “If Allah wills,” has an exception [from the oath].’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَلَهُ ثُنْيَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.

    ثنيا means an exception or release from the oath; the statement does not specify further conditions for invoking it.

    Does ‘has an exception [from the oath]’ clarify ثنيا while avoiding additional legal conditions?