Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

18

The Offices of Commander and Qadi

كتاب الإمارة والقضاء

 

Chapter 4b: Cases and Depositions - Section 2

باب الأقضية والشهادات - الفصل الثاني

Mishkat al-Masabih 3774

Ibn ‘Abbas told that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to a man whom he had asked to take an oath, “Swear by Allah than Whom there is no Allah that you have nothing belonging to him,” i.e. the plaintiff. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ حَلَّفَهُ: «احْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَاله عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ» يُعْنَى لِلْمُدَّعِي. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ