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.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 623:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle sent an army detachment and made Usama bin Zaid its commander. Some people
criticized (spoke badly of) Usama’s leadership. So Allah’s Apostle got up saying, “If you people are
criticizing Usama’s leadership, you have already criticized the leadership of his father before. But
Wa-aimullah (i.e., By Allah), he (i.e. Zaid) deserved the leadership, and he was one of the most be –
loved persons to me; and now this (his son Usama) is one of the dearest persons to me after him.” (See
Hadith No. 745, Vol. 5)
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 624:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The oath of the Prophet used to be: “No, by Him who turns the hearts.”
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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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 8 > BOOK 77: DIVINE WILL (AL-QADAR)
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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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 8 > BOOK 78: OATHS AND VOWS
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.”