Expiation for Unfulfilled Oaths

Expiation for Unfulfilled Oaths










Volume 8, Book 79, Number 699:

Narrated Ka'b bin 'Ujra:

I came to the Prophet and he said to me, "Come near." So I went
near
to him and he said, "Are your lice troubling you?" I replied,
"Yes."
He said, "(Shave your head and) make expiation in the form of
fasting,
Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice." (The
sub-narrator) Aiyub said, "Fasting should be for three days, and
the
Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given
to
six poor persons."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 700:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

A man came to the Prophet and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said,
"What is the matter with you?" He said, "I had sexual relation with
my
wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan." The Prophet said, "Have you

got enough to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The Prophet said,
"Can
you fast for two successive months?" The man said, "No." The
Prophet
said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" The man said, "No." Then
the
Prophet said to him, "Sit down," and he sat down. Afterwards an
'Irq,
i.e., a big basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet and
the
Prophet said to him, "Take this and give it in charity." The man
said,
"To poorer people than we?" On that, the Prophet smiled till his
premolar teeth became visible, and then told him, "Feed your family

with it." (See Hadith No. 157, Vol 3)

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 701:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said to him, "What is the matter?" He said, "I have done a sexual
relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan." The Prophet said
to
him?" "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The
Prophet
said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He said, "No." The
Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" He said, "No."
Then
an Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The
Prophet said (to the man), "Take this (basket) and give it in
charity." That man said, "To poorer people than we, O Allah's
Apostle?
By Him Who has sent you with the Truth! There is no house in
between
the two mountains (of the city of Medina) poorer than we." So the
Prophet said (to him), "Go and feed it to your family."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 702:

Narrated Abu Huraira :

A man came to the Prophets and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said,
"What is the matter with you?" He said, "I have done a sexual
relation
with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan" The Prophet said to him,
"Can
you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The Prophet said,
"Can
you fast for two successive months?" He said, "No." The Prophet
said,
"Can you feed sixty poor persons?" He said, "I have nothing." Later
on
an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and
the
Prophet said (to him), "Take this basket and give it in charity."
The
man said, "To poorer people than we? Indeed, there is nobody
between
its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains who is poorer than we." The
Prophet
then said, "Take it and feed your family with it."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 703:

Narrated Al-Ju'aid bin Abdur-Rahman:

As-Sa'ib bin Yazid said, "The Sa' at the time of the Prophet was
equal
to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd of your time, and then it was
increased in the time of Caliph 'Umar bin 'Abdul Aziz."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 704:

Narrated Nafi:

Ibn Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr)
according
to the Mudd of the Prophet, the first Mudd, and he also used to
give
things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the
Prophet.
Abu Qutaiba said, "Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is

better than yours and we do not see any superiority except in the
Mudd
of the Prophet!' Malik further said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you

and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd
would you measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?' I

replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the Prophet' On

that, Malik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to
the
Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'"

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 705:

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their
measures, Sa' and Mudd (i.e., of the people of Medina) "

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 706:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "If somebody manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will
save from the Fire every part of his body for freeing the
corresponding parts of the slave's body, even his private parts
will
be saved from the Fire) because of freeing the slave's private
parts."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 707:

Narrated 'Amr:

Jabir said: An Ansari man made his slave a Mudabbar and he had no
other property than him. When the Prophet heard of that, he said
(to
his companions), "Who wants to buy him (i.e., the slave) for me?"
Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for eight hundred Dirhams. I heard
Jabir saying, "That was a coptic slave who died in the same year."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 708:

Narrated 'Aisha:

that she intended to buy Barira (a slave girl) and her masters
stipulated that they would have her Wala'. When 'Aisha mentioned
that
to the Prophet ; he said, "Buy her, for the Wala' is for the one
who
manumits."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 709:

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari:

I went to Allah's Apostle along with a group of people from (the
tribe
of) Al-Ash'ari, asking for mounts. The Prophet said, "By Allah, I
will
not give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount you on."
We
stayed there as long as Allah wished, and after that, some camels
were
brought to the Prophet and he ordered that we be given three
camels.
When we set out, some of us said to others, "Allah will not bless
us,
as we all went to Allah's Apostle asking him for mounts, and
although
he had sworn that he would not give us mounts, he did give us." So
we
returned to the Prophet; and mentioned that to him. He said, "I
have
not provided you with mounts, but Allah has. By Allah, Allah
willing,
if I ever take an oath, and then see that another is better than
the
first, I make expiration for my (dissolved) oath, and do what is
better and make expiration."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 710:

Narrated Hammad:

the same narration above (i.e. 709), "I make expiation for my
dissolved oath, and I do what is better, or do what is better and
make
expiation."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 711:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

(The Prophet) Solomon said, "Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety
wives, each of whom will get a male child who will fight for
Allah's
Cause." On that, his companion (Sufyan said that his companion was
an
angel) said to him, "Say, "If Allah will (Allah willing)." But
Solomon
forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the
women
gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a halfboy. Abu
Huraira added: The Prophet said, "If Solomon had said, "If Allah
will"
(Allah willing), he would not have been unsuccessful in his action,

and would have attained what he had desired." Once Abu Huraira
added:
Allah apostle said, "If he had accepted."

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 712:

Narrated Zahdam al-Jarmi:

We were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash'sari, and as there were ties
of
friendship and mutual favors between us and his tribe. His meal was

presented before him and there was chicken meat in it. Among those
who
were present there was a man from Bani Taimillah having a red
complexion as a non-Arab freed slave, and that man did not approach

the meal. Abu Musa said to him, "Come along! I have seen Allah's
Apostle eating of that (i.e., chicken)." The man said, "I have seen
it
(chickens) eating something I regarded as dirty, and so I have
taken
an oath that I shall not eat (its meat) chicken." Abu Musa said,
"Come
along! I will inform you about it (i.e., your oath).

Once we went to Allah's Apostle in company with a group of
Ash'airiyin, asking him for mounts while he was distributing some
camels from the camels of Zakat. (Aiyub said, "I think he said that

the Prophet was in an angry mood at the time.") The Prophet said,
'By
Allah! I will not give you mounts, and I have nothing to mount you
on.' After we had left, some camels of booty were brought to
Allah's
Apostle and he said, "Where are those Ash'ariyin? Where are those
Ash'ariyin?" So we went (to him) and he gave us five very fat
good-looking camels. We mounted them and went away, and then I said
to
my companions, 'We went to Allah's Apostle to give us mounts, but
he
took an oath that he would not give us mounts, and then later on he

sent for us and gave us mounts, perhaps Allah's Apostle forgot his
oath. By Allah, we will never be successful, for we have taken
advantage of the fact that Allah's Apostle forgot to fulfill his
oath.
So let us return to Allah's Apostle to remind him of his oath.' We
returned and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! We came to you and asked you

for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us mounts)

but later on you gave us mounts, and we thought or considered that
you
have forgotten your oath.' The Prophet said, 'Depart, for Allah has

given you Mounts. By Allah, Allah willing, if I take an oath and
then
later find another thing better than that, I do what is better, and

make expiation for the oath.' "

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 713:

Narrated Zahdam:

the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 714:

Narrated Zahdam:

the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).

Volume 8, Book 79, Number 715:




Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:

Allah's Apostle said, "(O 'Abdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a
ruler,
for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking
for
it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your
asking,
then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help
you
) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find
another
thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation
for
(the dissolution of) your oath."