35/41. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3846 — A Vow to Avoid Mosque Prayer
Expiation For Vows
Angry Vow About Mosque Prayer and Its Expiation
Sunan an-Nasai : 3846
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3846
أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ رَجُلاً، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَأَلَ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ، نَذَرَ نَذْرًا لاَ يَشْهَدُ الصَّلاَةَ فِي مَسْجِدِ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ عِمْرَانُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ نَذْرَ فِي غَضَبٍ وَكَفَّارَتُهُ كَفَّارَةُ يَمِينٍ " .
Muhammad bin Az-Zubayr Hanzali Narrated from:
My father told me that a man told him, that he asked 'Imran bin Husain about a man who made a vow not to attend the prayers in the mosque of his people. 'Imran said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: There is no vow at a moment of anger and its expiation is the expiation for an oath.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3846In-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 86English translation : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3877
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3846
This narration gives a specific example of a vow made in anger. A man vowed that he would not attend the prayers in the mosque of his people. When Imran bin Husain was asked about the case, he quoted the Messenger of Allah: there is no vow in anger, and its expiation is the expiation for an oath. The text does not treat the angry vow as a reason to stay away from the mosque prayer. Instead, it applies the rule about anger and expiation to that promise. This makes the hadith especially relevant to searches about a vow not to attend mosque, a promise made in anger, and kaffarah for an angry vow. Its lesson stays closely tied to the case described.
What we learn from this hadith
- An angry vow should not be used as a reason to avoid mosque prayer.
- Imran answered the case by quoting the rule about vows in anger.
- The stated expiation is the expiation for an oath.
- A heated promise should not direct a person away from a good act.
