The Book of Oaths
كتاب الأيمان
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The prohibition of swearing by something other than Allah
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ENGLISH
'Umar b. al-Khattib reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Allah, the Great and Majestic, forbids you to swear by your fathers. Umar said: By Allah. I have never sworn (by my father) since I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbidding it mentioning them" on my behalf" nor on behalf of someone else.
ARABIC
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ