The oath by which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to swear was: 'No, by the Controller of the hearts.'

The oath by which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to swear was: 'No, by the Controller of the hearts.'

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When Allah created Paradise and Hell, He sent Jibril, peace be upon him, to Paradise and said: 'Look at it and at what I have prepared for its people in it.' He looked at it, then he came back and said: 'By Your Glory, no one will hear of it but he will enter it.' So He commanded that it be surrounded by hardships and said: 'Go and look at it and at what I have prepared for its people in it.' He looked at it and saw that it had been surrounded with hardships. He (Jibril) said: 'By Your Glory, I fear that no one will enter it.' He (Allah) said: 'Go and look at the Fire and at what I have prepared for its people in it.' So he looked at it and parts of it were piled upon other parts. He came back and said: 'By Your Glory, no one will enter it.' So He commanded that it be surrounded with pleasures and said: 'Go and look at it.' So he looked at it and saw that it was surrounded with pleasures. He came back and said: 'By Your Glory, I fear that no one will be saved from it and all will enter it.'

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever swears, let him not swear by anything other than Allah.' The Quraish used to swear by their forefathers, and so he said: Do not swear by your forefathers.

'I heard 'Abdullah -that is, Ibn 'Umar- say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah forbids you to swear by your forefathers.' '

On one occasion the Prophet ﷺ heard 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہ saying: By my father and by my mother. He said: Allah forbids you to swear by your forefathers. 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said: By Allah, I never swore by them again, whether saying it for myself or reporting it of others.

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah forbids you to swear by your forefathers. 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said: By Allah, I never swore by them again, whether saying it for myself or reporting of others.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah forbids you to swear by your forefathers.' 'Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said: By Allah, I never swore by them again, whether saying it for myself or reporting it of others.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not swear by your fathers, nor by your mothers nor by the idols. Swear only by Allah, and do not swear unless you are sincere.'

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said.' In his narration, Qutaibah said: Intentionally. Yazid said: Telling a lie will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something. Allah will punish him with it in the Fire of Hell.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something will be punished with it in the Hereafter.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever says: I have nothing to do with Islam, if he is lying then he is as he said, and if he is telling the truth, his Islam will not be sound.'

A Jew came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: You are setting up rivals (to Allah) and associating others (with Him). You say: 'Whatever Allah wills and you will,' and you say: 'By the Ka'bah.' So the Prophet ﷺ commanded them, if they wanted to swear an oath, to say: By the Lord of the Ka'bah; and to say: Whatever Allah wills, then what you will.

The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not swear by your forefathers or by false gods (At-Tawaghit).

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever among you swears and says: By Al-Lat, let him say: La ilaha illallah (There is none worthy of worship except Allah). And whoever says to his companion: Come, let us gamble, then let him give in charity.'

We were talking about something, and I had only recently left Jahiliyyah behind, so I swore by Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'What a bad thing you have said! Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and tell him, for we think that you have committed Kufr.' So I went to him and told him, and he said to me: 'Say: La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah (There is none worthy of worship except Allah alone, without partner) three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the Shaitan three times, and spit dryly to your left three times, and do not say that again.'

I swore by Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza and my companions said to me: 'What a bad thing you have said! You have said something horrible.' So I went to the Messenger of Allah and told him about that. He said: 'Say: La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir (There is none worthy of worship except Allah with no partner or associate; His is the Dominion, to Him be all praise, and He is able to do all things). Spit to your left three times, seek refuge with Allah from the Shaitan, and do not say that again.'

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to do seven things: He commanded us to attend funerals, visit the sick, to reply (say: Yarhamuk Allah [may Allah have mercy on you]) to one who sneezes, to accept invitations, to support the oppressed, to fulfill oaths (when adjured by another) and to return greetings of Salaam.

The Prophet ﷺ said: There is nothing on Earth that I swear an oath upon, and I see that something else is better, but I do that which is better.

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a group of the Ash'ari people and asked him to give us animals to ride. He said: 'By Allah, I cannot give you anything to ride and I have nothing to give you to ride.' We stayed as long as Allah willed, then some camels were brought to him. He ordered that we be given three fine-looking camels. When we left, we said to one another: 'We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for animals to ride, and he swore by Allah that he would not give us anything to ride, then he gave us something.' Abu Musa said: We came to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: 'I did not give you animals to ride, rather Allah gave you them to ride. By Allah, I do not swear an oath and then see something better than it, but I offer expiation for my oath and do that which is better.'

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If any one of you swears an oath, then he sees something better than it, let him offer expiation for his oath, and look at what is better and do it.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If you swear an oath, offer expiation for your oath, then do that which is better.'

The Prophet ﷺ said: If you swear an oath, then you see something better than it, then offer expiation for your oath, and do that which is better.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for his oath.'