Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2633
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا وَعَدَ الرَّجُلُ وَيَنْوِي أَنْ يَفِيَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يَفِ بِهِ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ . عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى ثِقَةٌ وَلاَ يُعْرَفُ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ وَلاَ أَبُو وَقَّاصٍ وَهُمَا مَجْهُولاَنِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Zayd ibn Arqam reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘If a man makes a promise intending to fulfill it, but then does not fulfill it, there is no blame upon him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is gharīb, and its chain is not strong. ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la is reliable, but Abu al-Nu‘man and Abu Waqqas are not known; both are unknown transmitters.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report concerns an unfulfilled promise despite an intention to keep it, and is accompanied by an explicit weak-chain caveat due to two unknown narrators.