While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to his
companions, "Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?" They said, 'Yes.' He
said "Won't you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise" They said, "Yes." He said, "By
Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise."
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Hadith 6643
Chapter 3: How did the oaths of the Prophet (saws) use to be? - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَمِعَ رَجُلاً، يَقْرَأُ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} يُرَدِّدُهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ".
A man heard another man reciting: Surat-ul-Ikhlas (The Unity) 'Say: He is Allah, the One (112) and
he was repeating it. The next morning he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned the whole story to
him as if he regarded the recitation of that Sura as insufficient On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him
in Whose Hand my soul is! That (Sura No. 112) equals one-third of the Qur'an."
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Hadith 6644
Chapter 3: How did the oaths of the Prophet (saws) use to be? - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَبَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا مَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا مَا سَجَدْتُمْ ".
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Perform the bowing and the prostration properly (with peace of mind),
for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I see you from behind my back when you bow and when you
prostrate."
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Hadith 6645
Chapter 3: How did the oaths of the Prophet (saws) use to be? - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَعَهَا أَوْلاَدٌ لَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ ". قَالَهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ.
An Ansari woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the company of her children, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to her,
"By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me!" And he repeated the
statement thrice.
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Hadith 6646
Chapter 4: "Do not swear by your fathers" - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهْوَ يَسِيرُ فِي رَكْبٍ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ
" أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ، مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلْيَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ، أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) met `Umar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders,
and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers,
so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet."
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Hadith 6647
Chapter 4: "Do not swear by your fathers" - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ سَالِمٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ ". قَالَ عُمَرُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا حَلَفْتُ بِهَا مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاكِرًا وَلاَ آثِرًا. قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ {أَوْ أَثَرَةٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ} يَأْثُرُ عِلْمًا. تَابَعَهُ عُقَيْلٌ وَالزُّبَيْدِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ الْكَلْبِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَمَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عُمَرَ.
I heard `Umar saying, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, 'Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers."
`Umar said, "By Allah! Since I heard that from the Prophet (ﷺ) , I have not taken such an oath, neither
intentionally, nor by reporting the oath of someone else."
There was a relation of love and brotherhood between this tribe of Jarm and Al-Ash`ariyin. Once we
were with Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari, and then a meal containing chicken was brought to Abu Musa, and
there was present, a man from the tribe of Taimillah who was of red complexion as if he were from
non-Arab freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to the meal. He said, "I have seen chickens eating dirty
things, so I deemed it filthy and took an oath that I would never eat chicken." On that, Abu Musa said,
"Get up, I will narrate to you about that. Once a group of the Ash`ariyin and I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
and asked him to provide us with mounts; he said, 'By Allah, I will never give you any mounts nor do
I have anything to mount you on.' Then a few camels of war booty were brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ,
and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the Ash-'ariyin?' He then ordered five nice camels to be
given to us, and when we had departed, we said, 'What have we done? Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had taken the
oath not to give us any mounts, and that he had nothing to mount us on, and later he gave us that we
might ride? Did we take advantage of the fact that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forgotten his oath? By Allah,
we will never succeed.' So we went back to him and said to him, 'We came to you to give us mounts,
and you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts and that you had nothing to mount us on.'
On that he said, 'I did not provide you with mounts, but Allah did. By Allah, if I take an oath to do
something, and then find something else better than it, I do that which is better and make expiation for
the dissolution of the oath.' "
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Chapter 5: One should not swear by Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza or by any false deities - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ حَلَفَ فَقَالَ فِي حَلِفِهِ بِاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى. فَلْيَقُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. وَمَنْ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ تَعَالَ أُقَامِرْكَ. فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears saying in his oath. 'By Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza,' should say, 'None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah; and whoever says to his friend, 'Come, let me gamble with
you,' should give something in charity."
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Hadith 6651
Chapter 6: The one who gives an oath regarding something although he has not been asked to give an oath - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اصْطَنَعَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُهُ، فَيَجْعَلُ فَصَّهُ فِي بَاطِنِ كَفِّهِ، فَصَنَعَ النَّاسُ خَوَاتِيمَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَنَزَعَهُ، فَقَالَ " إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَلْبَسُ هَذَا الْخَاتِمَ وَأَجْعَلُ فَصَّهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ ". فَرَمَى بِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَلْبَسُهُ أَبَدًا ". فَنَبَذَ النَّاسُ خَوَاتِيمَهُمْ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a gold ring made for himself, and he used to wear it with the stone towards the
inner part of his hand. Consequently, the people had similar rings made for themselves. Afterwards
the Prophet; sat on the pulpit and took it off, saying, "I used to wear this ring and keep its stone
towards the palm of my hand." He then threw it away and said, "By Allah, I will never wear it."
Therefore all the people threw away their rings as well.
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Hadith 6652
Chapter 7: Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ حَلَفَ بِغَيْرِ مِلَّةِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَهْوَ كَمَا قَالَ ـ قَالَ ـ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ بِشَىْءٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَلَعْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَقَتْلِهِ، وَمَنْ رَمَى مُؤْمِنًا بِكُفْرٍ فَهْوَ كَقَتْلِهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, is, as he says; and whoever
commits suicide with something, will be punished with the same thing in the (Hell) Fire; and cursing a
believer is like murdering him; and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is as if he had
killed him."
Narrated Abu Hurairah that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Allah decided to test three people from Bani Isra'il. So, He sent an angel who came first to the leper and said, '(I am a traveller) who has run short of all means of living, and I have nobody to help me except Allah, and then with your help.'" Abu Hurairah then mentioned the complete narration.
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Hadith 6654
Chapter 9: "They swear by Allah their strongest oaths that ..." - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Al-Bara:
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِإِبْرَارِ الْمُقْسِمِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered us to help others to fulfill the oaths.
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Hadith 6655
Chapter 9: "They swear by Allah their strongest oaths that ..." - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Usama:
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ، صلى الله عليه وسلم أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَسَعْدٌ وَأُبَىٌّ أَنَّ ابْنِي قَدِ احْتُضِرَ فَاشْهَدْنَا. فَأَرْسَلَ يَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ وَيَقُولُ " إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَمَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ عِنْدَهُ مُسَمًّى فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَتَحْتَسِبْ ". فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ تُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَقْعَدَهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ وَنَفْسُ الصَّبِيِّ تَقَعْقَعُ، فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ يَضَعُهَا اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، وَإِنَّمَا يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الرُّحَمَاءَ ".
Once a daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a message to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while Usama, Sa`d, and my
father or Ubai were (sitting there) with him. She said, (in the message); My child is going to die;
please come to us." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned the messenger and told him to convey his greetings to
her, and say, "Whatever Allah takes, is for Him and whatever He gives is for Him, and everything
with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world): so she should be patient and hope for Allah's
reward." Then she again sent for him swearing that he should come; so The Prophet (ﷺ) got up, and so did
we. When he sat there (at the house of his daughter), the child was brought to him, and he took him
into his lap while the child's breath was disturbed in his chest. The eyes of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) started
shedding tears. Sa`d said, "What is this, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "This is the mercy
which Allah has lodged in the hearts of whoever He wants of His slaves, and verily Allah is merciful
only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to others).'
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Hadith 6656
Chapter 9: "They swear by Allah their strongest oaths that ..." - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ، تَمَسُّهُ النَّارُ، إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Any Muslim who has lost three of his children will not be touched by the Fire
except that which will render Allah's oath fulfilled."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor
humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the
fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person."
The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, "Who are the best people?" He replied: The people of my generation, and
then those who will follow (come after) them, and then those who will come after the later; after that
there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths and their oaths will go ahead of
their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "When we were young, our elder friends used to prohibit
us from taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness swearing by Allah, or by Allah's Covenant."'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever swears falsely in order to grab the property of a Muslim (or of his
brother), Allah will be angry with him when he meets Him." Allah then revealed in confirmation of
the above statement:--'Verily those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's Covenant and
their own oaths.' (3.77) Al-Ash'ath said, "This Verse was revealed regarding me and a companion of
mine when we had a dispute about a well."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Hell Fire will keep on saying: 'Are there anymore (people to come)?' Till the
Lord of Power and Honor will put His Foot over it and then it will say, 'Qat! Qat! (sufficient!
sufficient!) by Your Power and Honor. And its various sides will come close to each other (i.e., it will
contract). "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 654
Hadith 6662
Chapter 13: "La 'amrullah" - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
حَدَّثَنَا الأُوَيْسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ، وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ، عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَبَرَّأَهَا اللَّهُ، وَكُلٌّ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ ـ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَعْذَرَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ، فَقَامَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ فَقَالَ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ لَنَقْتُلَنَّهُ.
I heard `Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin
`Abdullah narrating from `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, the story about the liars who said what they
said about her and how Allah revealed her innocence afterwards. Each one of the above four narrators
narrated to me a portion of her narration. (It was said in it), "The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up, saying, 'Is there
anyone who can relieve me from `Abdullah bin Ubai?' On that, Usaid bin Hudair got up and said to
Sa`d bin 'Ubada, La`Amrullahi (By the Eternity of Allah), we will kill him!' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 655
Hadith 6663
Chapter 14: "Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths ..." - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها {لاَ يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ} قَالَ قَالَتْ أُنْزِلَتْ فِي قَوْلِهِ لاَ، وَاللَّهِ بَلَى وَاللَّهِ.
regarding: 'Allah will not call you to account for that which is unintentional in your oaths...' (2.225)
This Verse was revealed concerning such oath formulas as: 'No, by Allah!' and 'Yes, by Allah!'
something against his oath due to forgetfulness should he make expiation?). And the Statement of
Allah: 'And there is no blame on you if you make a mistake therein.' (33.5) And Allah said:-- '(Moses
said to Khadir): Call me not to account for what I forgot.' (18.73)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah forgives my followers those (evil deeds) their souls may whisper or suggest
to them as long as they do not act (on it) or speak."
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr (i.e., 10th Dhul-Hijja-Day of
slaughtering the sacrifice), a man got up saying, "I thought, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), such-and-such a thing
was to be done before such-and-such a thing." Another man got up, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! As
regards these three (acts of Hajj), thought so-and-so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do, and there is no harm,"
concerning all those matters on that day. And so, on that day, whatever question he was asked, he
said, "Do it, do it, and there is no harm therein."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 658
Hadith 6666
Chapter 15: If someone does something against his oath due to forgetfulness - كتاب الأيمان والنذور
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم زُرْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ". قَالَ آخَرُ حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ". قَالَ آخَرُ ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ. قَالَ " لاَ حَرَجَ ".
A man said to the Prophet (while he was delivering a sermon on the Day of Nahr), "I have performed
the Tawaf round the Ka`ba before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"There is no harm (therein)." Another man said, "I had my head shaved before slaughtering (the
sacrifice)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no harm." A third said, "I have slaughtered (the sacrifice)
before the Rami (throwing pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no harm."
A man entered the mosque and started praying while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting somewhere in the
mosque. Then (after finishing the prayer) the man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and greeted him. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said to him, "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed. The man went back, and having prayed, he
came and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) after returning his greetings said, "Go back and pray, for
you did not pray." On the third time the man said, "(O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!) teach me (how to pray)." The
Prophet said, "When you get up for the prayer, perform the ablution properly and then face the Qibla
and say Takbir (Allahu Akbar), and then recite of what you know of the Qur'an, and then bow, and
remain in this state till you feel at rest in bowing, and then raise your head and stand straight; and then
prostrate till you feel at rest in prostration, and then sit up till you feel at rest while sitting; and then
prostrate again till you feel at rest in prostration; and then get up and stand straight, and do all this in
all your prayers."