Chapter: he Prohibition Of Vows, And Confirmation That They Do Not Avert Anything

Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) singled out one day forbidding us to take vows and said: It would not avert anything; it is by which something is extracted from the miserly person.

The vow neither hastens anything nor defers anything, but is the means whereby (something) is extracted from the miserly person.

It does not (necessarily) bring good (in the form of substantial, and tangible results), but it is the meant whereby something is extracted from the miserly persons.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of transmitters.

Do not take vows, for a vow has no effect against Fate; it is only from the miserly that something is extracted.

It does not avert Fate, but is the means by which something is extracted from the miser.

The vow does not bring anything near to the son of Adam which Allah has not ordained for him, but (at times) the vow coincides with Destiny, and this is how something is extracted from the miserly person, which that miser was not willing to give.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Amr b. Abu 'Amr.