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Sunan an-Nasai 3814 — Walk and Ride to the House of Allah
Whoever Vows To Walk To The House Of Allah
Vow to Walk to the House of Allah: Let Her Walk and Ride
Sunan an-Nasai : 3814
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3814
أَخْبَرَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا الْخَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ نَذَرَتْ أُخْتِي أَنْ تَمْشِيَ، إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ فَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَسْتَفْتِيَ لَهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَفْتَيْتُ لَهَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " لِتَمْشِ وَلْتَرْكَبْ " .
'Uqbah bin 'Amir Narrated from:
My sister vowed to walk to the House of Allah, and she told me to ask the Messenger of Allah about that. So I asked the Prophet for her and he said: 'Let her walk, and let her ride.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3814In-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 54English translation : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3845
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3814
This hadith tells of a woman who vowed to walk to the House of Allah. She asked her brother, Uqbah bin Amir, to seek an answer from the Messenger of Allah. After he asked, the Prophet said that she should walk and ride. The narration gives a balanced instruction in a few words. It does not say that she must complete the whole journey only on foot, and it does not cancel walking altogether. Instead, both walking and riding are mentioned. For someone searching for a hadith about a vow to walk to the House of Allah, the safest explanation is the one found in the text itself: the Prophet directed her to combine walking with riding rather than limiting herself to one difficult form.
What we learn from this hadith
- The woman sought guidance about her vow through her brother.
- The Prophet told her to walk.
- He also allowed or instructed her to ride.
- The vow was not treated as requiring walking for the entire way.
