may Allah make me your ransom! She said, ‘Every slave she owns is emancipated, all her wealth is an offering, and she is a Jew and a Christian.’ He replied, ‘A Jew and a Christian? Offer expiation for your oath and leave the man with his wife.’”
Al-Athram said: Abd Allah ibn Rajā narrated to us; Imrān narrated to us, from Qatāda, from Zurāra ibn Abī Awfā, that a woman asked Ibn Abbās, “A woman made her cloak an offering if she wore it.” Ibn Abbās asked, “Was this said in anger or willingly?” She replied, “In anger.” He said, “Allah Most High is not approached through anger. Let her offer expiation for her oath.”
He also said: Ibn al-Tabbā narrated to me; Abū Bakr ibn Ayyāsh narrated to us, from al-Alā ibn al-Musayyab, from Yalā ibn Numān, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with him and his father—who was asked about a man who had declared his wealth to be for the poor. He replied, “Keep your wealth, spend it on your dependants, pay your debt with it, and offer expiation for your oath.”
Al-Athram related from Ahmad, who said: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj informed us and said: Atā was asked about a man who said, “A thousand sacrificial camels are incumbent upon me.” He replied, “It is an oath.” He was asked about a man who said, “A thousand pilgrimages are incumbent upon me.” He replied, “It is an oath.” He was asked about a man who said, “My wealth is an offering.” He replied, “It is an oath.” He was asked about a man who said, “My wealth is for the poor.” He replied, “It is an oath.”
Ahmad said: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us; Ma'mar narrated to us, from Qatāda, from al-Hasan and Jābir ibn Zayd, concerning a man who says, “If I do not do such-and-such, I shall be in the state of ihrām for Hajj.” They both said, “Only one who intends Hajj is required to enter ihrām. It is an oath, and he must offer expiation for it.”
Ahmad said: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us; Ma'mar informed us, from Ibn Tāwūs, from his father, who said, “It is an oath, and he must offer expiation for it.”
Harb al-Kirmānī said: Al-Musayyab ibn Wādih narrated to us; Yūsuf [ibn al-Safar] narrated to us, from al-Awzāī, from Atā ibn Abī Rabāh, who said: I asked Ibn Abbās about a man who swears an oath to walk to the Sacred House of Allah. He replied, “Walking is incumbent only upon one who intended it,