In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with
Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah
guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one
can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness
that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Major Sins # 10
Swearing by something other than Allaah
Taken from 'Prohibitions that are taken too lightly' - English Translation
Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Allaah may swear by whatever of His creatures He wills, but His creatures are
not permitted to swear by anything other than Allaah. Many people swear all
kinds of oaths by things other than Allaah, but swearing by something is like
glorifying it, and it is not right to glorify anything or anyone other than
Allaah.
Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "Allaah has prohibited that you should swear by your
father/mother/wife/children . If anyone swears, let him swear by Allaah, or
else remain silent."
(Reported by al-Bukhaari; see al-Fath, 11/530).
Ibn Umar also reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Whoever swears by something other than Allaah is guilty of shirk."
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 2/125; see Saheeh al-Jaami', 6204).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever swears
by trustworthiness is not one of us."
(Reported by Abu Dawud 3253; see also al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, no. 94).
It is not permitted to swear by the Kabah, by trustworthiness, by honour, by
help, by the blessing of so-and-so, by the life of so-and-so, by the virtue of
the Prophet, by the virtue of a wali, by one's father and mother, by the heads
of one's children, etc.
All of that is haraam, and the expiation for doing it is to say La ilaaha
ill-Allaah, as is stated in the saheeh hadeeth: "Whoever swears and says 'By
al-Laat' or 'By al-Uzza,' let him say 'La ilaaha ill-Allaah (there is no god
except Allaah).'"
(Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 11/536).
There are other phrases that similarly involve shirk and are therefore
forbidden, but that are often spoken by Muslims, such as: "I seek refuge with
Allaah and with you," "I am depending on Allaah and on you," "This is from
Allaah and from you," "I have no-one but Allaah and you," "I have Allaah in
heaven and I have you on earth," "If it were not for Allaah and so-and-so," "I
disown Islaam," "Time has let me down" (and every other expression which
involves cursing time, like saying, "This is a bad time," "This is an unlucky
time," "Time is a betrayer," etc., because cursing time is an insult to Allaah
Who has created time), references to "Nature's way." Names that imply being a
slave of anyone other than Allaah, such as 'Abd 'al-Maseeh, 'Abd al-Nabi, 'Abd
al-Rasool and 'Abd al-Husayn, are also forbidden.
There are also modern expressions which are contrary to Tawheed and are
therefore haraam, such as "Islamic socialism," "Islamic democracy," "The will
of the people is the will of Allaah," "Religion is for Allaah and the land is
for the people," "In the name of Arabism," "In the name of the revolution," etc.
It is also haraam to use titles such as "King of kings" or "Judge of judges"
for human beings; to address munafiqeen or kuffaar with titles like "Sayyid
(master)" (whether speaking Arabic or other languages), to use the words "If
only..." - which imply discontent and regret, and open the way for Shaytaan,
and to say "O Allaah, forgive me if You want to."
(For more information, see Mu'jam al-Manahi al-Lafziyyah, Bakr or Zayd)
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