Sunan an-Nasai 3835 — Sinful Vows

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3835

This narration teaches that a vow to commit disobedience is not to be treated like a lawful act of worship. The Messenger of Allah said there is no vow in disobedience, and he added that its expiation is the expiation of an oath. That means the text does not tell the person to perform the sinful action for the sake of keeping a promise. Instead, it rejects the vow and names the type of expiation connected to it. The hadith is concise, so it does not explain the separate steps of oath expiation. Its core teaching is still complete: wrongdoing does not become right because someone vowed to do it. For readers searching for the kaffarah of a sinful vow, the narration points directly to the expiation used for an oath.