This verse was revealed concerning a man's expressions, "No, by Allah," and, "Yes indeed, by Allah."
أنزلت هذه الآية في قول الرجل: لا والله، وبلى والله.
Bukhari narrated it in the tafsir (4613) from Ali bin Salama, who said, Malik bin Suayr narrated to us, Hisham narrated to us, from his father, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it.Abu Dawud (3254), Ibn Hibban (4333), and Bayhaqi (10/49) all narrated it through Humayd bin Masada Shami, who said, Hassan bin Ibrahim narrated to us, Ibrahim Sayigh narrated to us, from Ata, concerning unintentional oaths. He said, Ayesha said that the Messenger of Allah said, "It is a man's speech in his house, 'No, by Allah,' and 'Yes, by Allah.'"Abu Dawud said, Ibrahim Sayigh was a righteous man. Abu Muslim killed him at Arandas. He said, when he raised the hammer and heard the call to prayer, he would drop it.Abu Dawud said, "Dawud bin Abu Furat narrated this hadith from Ibrahim Sayigh as a statement stopped at Ayesha, and likewise Zuhri, Abdul-Malik bin Abu Sulayman, and Malik bin Mughul narrated it, all of them from Ata, from Ayesha, also as a stopped statement."Daraqutni also confirmed that it was stopped, in al-Ilal (3486), and Hafiz quoted this from him in al-Talkhis (4/167).Shafii was asked, "What is an unintentional oath?" He said, "Allah knows best, but what we hold is what Ayesha
said." Malik informed us, from Hisham bin Urwa, from his father, from Ayesha, that she said, and he mentioned it. Bayhaqi (10/48) reported this with his chain from Shafii.Something similar was reported from Ibn Abbas. It was also reported from him that an unintentional oath is when you swear while angry. And it was reported from Abu Hurairah that an unintentional oath is when a person swears about something believing it to be what he swore about, but it turns out to be something else.On this subject there is also what was reported from Sarah bint Miqsam, that she heard Maymuna bint Kardam say, I went out with my father during the Messenger of Allah's
pilgrimage, and I saw the Messenger of Allah
. My father approached him while he was on his she-camel, carrying a whip like the scribe's whip, and I heard the Bedouins and the people saying, "The tabtabiyyah, the tabtabiyyah, the tabtabiyyah." My father drew near to him, took hold of his foot, acknowledged him, stopped before him, and listened to him.He said, I was present at the army of Uthran, Ibn Muthanna said, the army of Ghuthran. Tariq bin Muraqqa said, "Who will give me a spear in exchange for its reward?" I said, "What is its reward?" He said, "I will marry him to the first daughter born to me." So I gave him my spear. Then I was away from him until I learned that a daughter had been born to him and had grown up. Then I went to him and said, "Send my wife to me, made ready." But he swore he would not do so until I gave a new dowry, different from the one that had been agreed between us, and I swore that I would give nothing beyond what I had already given.The Messenger of Allah
said, "And of what age group among women is she today?" He said, "She has already seen gray hair." He said, "I think you should leave her be." That startled me, and I looked at the Messenger of Allah
. When he saw that reaction in me, he said, "You will bear no sin, and neither will your companion."Abu Dawud (2103), Ahmad (27064), and Bayhaqi (10/83) all narrated it through the route of Yazid bin Harun, who said, Abdullah bin Yazid bin Miqsam informed us, saying, my aunt Sarah bint Miqsam narrated to me, and he mentioned it. Its chain is daif because of the unknown status of Sarah bint Miqsam.Her statement, "a whip like the scribe's whip," with the dal read either with kasra or fatha, refers to the kind used by children's teachers to strike with, as if she meant to indicate its smallness.Her statement, "the tabtabiyyah," has two possible meanings. One is that she meant to imitate the sound of footsteps falling, that is, they were saying with their feet, "tab, tab." The other is that it is a reference to the whip itself, because when struck it makes the sound "tab, tab," and the word is put in the accusative case as a warning.His statement, "and of what age group among women is she," Khattabi said, he means, of what age is she, for "qarn" refers to people of the same age, as one says, "these are the qarn of a certain era."His statement, "she has already seen gray hair," qatir means gray hair.