Volume 8, Book 77, Number 615:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said to Ibn Saiyad, “I have kept for you a secret.” Ibn Saiyad said, “Ad-Dukh.” The
Prophet said, “Keep quiet, for you cannot go beyond your limits (or you cannot exceed what has been
foreordained for you).” On that, ‘Umar said (to the Prophet ), “Allow me to chop off his neck!” The
Prophet said, “Leave him, for if he is he (i.e., Ad-Dajjal), then you will not be able to overcome him,
and if he is not, then you gain no good by killing him.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 616:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I asked Allah’s Apostle about the plague. He said, “That was a means of torture which Allah used to
send upon whom-so-ever He wished, but He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone
who is residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains there and does not leave that
town, but has patience and hopes for Allah’s reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except
what Allah has written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 617:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
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I saw the Prophet on the Day of (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, carrying earth with us and saying, “By
Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have fasted, nor would we
have prayed. O Allah! Send down Sakina (calmness) upon us and make our feet firm when we meet
(the enemy). The pagans have rebelled against us, but if they want to put us in affliction (i.e., fight
us) we refuse (to flee).” (See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 5).
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Book 78: Oaths and Vows
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 618:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths.
Then he said, “If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first
one, then I do what is better and make expiation for my oath.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 619:
Narrated ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
The Prophet said, “O ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are
given authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking
for it, then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and
later you find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation
for your oath.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 620:
Narrated Abu Musa:
I went to the Prophet along with a group of Al-Ash’ariyin in order to request him to provide us
with mounts. He said, “By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven’t got anything to
mount you on.” Then we stayed there as long as Allah wished us to stay, and then three very nice
looking she-camels were brought to him and he made us ride them. When we left, we, or some of us,
said, “By Allah, we will not be blessed, as we came to the Prophet asking him for mounts, and he
swore that he would not give us any mounts but then he did give us. So let us go back to the Prophet
and remind him (of his oath).” When we returned to him (and reminded him of the fact), he said, “I
did not give you mounts, but it is Allah Who gave you. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath
to do something and then I find something else than the first, I will make expiation for my oath and
do the thing which is better (or do something which is better and give the expiation for my oath).”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 621:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “We (Muslims) are the last in the world, but will be foremost on the Day of Re –
surrection.” Allah’s Apostle also said, “By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by which
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he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah’s sight than that of dissolving his oath and
making expiation for it.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 622:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and in –
sists on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather
compensate for that oath by making expiation.”