Swearing By Something Other Than Allah
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Allah swears by whatever He wills of His creatures , but His creatures are not permitted to swear by anything other than Allah . Many people swear by things other than Allah , but swearing by something is giving it a type of significance which should only be given to Allah . Ibn Umar:radia-icon: reported that the Prophet :salla: said
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Indeed Allah has prohibited that you should swear by your fathers . If anyone swears , let him swear by Allah , or else remain silent
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[ Reported by al-Bukhaari ; see Saheeh al-Fat`h , 11/530 ]
Ibn Umar :radia-icon: also reported that the Prophet :salla: said
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Whoever swears by something other than Allah is guilty of shirk / polytheism
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[ Reported by Imaam Ahmad , 2/125 ; see Saheeh al-Jaami` , 6204 ]
The Prophet:salla: said
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" 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 Ka`bah , by trustwortiness , bt honor , by help , by 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 , or anything else . All of this is haraam / prohibited / and the expiation for doing it is to say : La ilaaha ill Allah /there is no god except Allah / as is stated in the saheeh hadeeth / true speech
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Whoever swears and says : { By al-Laat } , or { by al_Uzza} let him say : { La ilaaha ill Allah / there is no god except Allah
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[ Reported by al-Bukhaari , al fat`h , 11/ 536 ]
There are other forbidden phrases often uttered by Muslims that similarly involve shirk / polytheism / such as
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I seek refuge with Allah and with you " , I am depending on Allah and on you " , " This is from Allah and from you " , " I have no-one but Allah and you " , " I have Allah in heaven and I have you on earth " , If it were not for Allah and so – and so " I disown Islaam " , " Time has let me down " ( every other expression which involves cursing time , like saying : " This is a bad time " , " This is an unluckily time " , " Time is a betrayer " , etc . because cursing time is to curse Allah Who created it ) , and reference to " Nature way " Names that imply being a slave of anyone other than Allah , such as " Abd-un-Nabi / the slave of the Prophet / " , " Abd-ul-Maseeh / the slave of the Messiah / " , " Abd-ur-Rasool / the slave of the Messenger / " and " Abd-ul-Husain / the slave of Husain / " are also forbidden
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There are also modern expressions which are contrary to Tawheed /mono-theism / and are therefore haraam / forbidden / such as : " Islamic socialism " , " Islamic democracy " , " The will of the people is from the will of Allah " , " Religion is for Allah and the nation is for all " , " In the name of Arabism " , " In the name of the revolution " , and so on
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It is also forbidden to use titles such as : " " King of kings " or " Judge of judges " For human beings ; to address munafiqeen / hypocrites / or kuffar / disbelievers / with titles like " Sayyid ( master , sir , or mister ) " ( whether speaking Arabic or other ********s ) , to use the words : " If only ….. " – which imply dis******* and regret , and open the way for Shaytaan ( devil ) , and to say " O Allah , forgive me if You want to " ( For further reading , see Mu`jam al-Manaahi al-Lafdhiyyah , Bakr Abo Zayd
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