35/41. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3844 — The Rule of a Vow Made in Anger
Expiation For Vows
Vow Made in Anger: Meaning and Expiation
Sunan an-Nasai : 3844
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3844
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ نَذْرَ فِي غَضَبٍ وَكَفَّارَتُهُ كَفَّارَةُ الْيَمِينِ " . وَقِيلَ إِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ .
'Imran Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah said: "There is no vow at a moment of anger and its expiation is the expiation for an oath." It was said: "Az-Zubair did not hear this Hadith from 'Imran bin Husain."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3844In-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 84English translation : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3875
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3844
This report records the statement that there is no vow in anger and that its expiation is the expiation for an oath. Its central topic is not every kind of promise, but a vow made during an angry moment. The wording directs attention away from carrying out emotionally charged words and toward the stated expiation. The translation also notes a question about whether Az-Zubair heard this report from Imran bin Husain. That note belongs to the report’s transmission, while the quoted teaching remains the same in the text. For a reader looking up the hadith on a vow made in anger, the key point is that anger does not make the vow something to carry out blindly.
What we learn from this hadith
- The quoted teaching rejects treating an angry vow as binding.
- The stated expiation is the expiation for an oath.
- The translation includes a note about the report’s transmission.
- A person should not blindly act on words spoken in anger.
