Oath

26 Ramadan 144626 March 2025

Abstaining from Sin is Essential When Fasting

QuestionCan you share the source for this narration? Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: "Fasting isn't merely withholding from food and drink alone, rather, it is also withholding from lying, falsehood, vain speech and taking (unnecessary) oaths."

28 Rabi'ul Awwal 144126 November 2019

Warning Against Speaking Lies in Business Transactions

QuestionIs this authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Allah will not speak to nor will he look [with mercy] at the person who takes a false oath that he has been offered more for his goods than he has actually been offered."

21 Rabi'ul Awwal 144119 November 2019

Take an Oath Only If You Are Speaking the Truth

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this Hadith? لا تحلفوا بآبائكم ولا بأمهاتكم ولا بالأنداد ولا تحلفوا إلا بالله ولا تحلفوا بالله إلا وأنتم صادقون

26 Dhul Hijjah 144028 August 2019

A Hadith Regarding Oaths

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) heard a man taking an oath [using his father's name] and said: "Do not take oaths using your father's name. Whoever takes an oath by Allah, let him fulfil his oath, and if an oath is sworn for…

7 Safar 144018 October 2018

“O Businessmen! Give Sadaqah”

QuestionIs this authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "O Merchants! In business transactions there occurs useless talk and false oaths, therefore mix it with giving sadaqah [for its atonement]"

29 Muharram 144010 October 2018

Taking False Oaths to Sell a Commodity

QuestionWhat is the source of this Hadith? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Taking [false] oaths will hasten the sale of the commodity but will destroy the barakah"

3 Ramadan 143829 May 2017

Caution Against Taking a False Oath to Usurp the Right of a Muslim

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this Hadith? "He who snatches away the right of a Muslim by swearing a false oath, Allah would make Hell-fire necessary for him and would declare Jannah forbidden for him. A person said 'Even if it is something insignificant?' He replied: 'Yes, even if it…