Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1354
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْيَمِينُ عَلَى مَا يُصَدِّقُكَ بِهِ صَاحِبُكَ " . وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ " عَلَى مَا صَدَّقَكَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُكَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ . وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ هُوَ أَخُو سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمُسْتَحْلِفُ ظَالِمًا فَالنِّيَّةُ نِيَّةُ الْحَالِفِ وَإِذَا كَانَ الْمُسْتَحْلِفُ مَظْلُومًا فَالنِّيَّةُ نِيَّةُ الَّذِي اسْتَحْلَفَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “The oath is according to what your companion affirms.” Qutaybah’s wording is: “According to what your companion has affirmed for you.” Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan gharīb hadith. We know it only through Hushaym, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, the brother of Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ. Some scholars, including Aḥmad and Isḥāq, acted according to it. It is also reported from Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī that if the person demanding an oath is unjust, the intention is that of the person swearing; if the person demanding the oath is wronged, the intention is that of the one demanding it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording concerns whose interpretation governs the oath in a dispute.