Oaths and Vows
كتاب الأيمان والنذور
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The one who gives an oath regarding something although he has not been asked to give an oath
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists 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."
ARABIC
مَنِ اسْتَلَجَّ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِيَمِينٍ فَهْوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا، لِيَبَرَّ