your dependants, pay off your debts with it, and offer expiation for your oath.”

Harb al-Kirmānī said in his Masā’il: Al-Musayyib ibn Wādih narrated to us: Yūsuf ibn Abī al-Safar narrated to us, from al-Awzā‘ī, from Atā’ ibn Abī Rabāh, who said: I asked Ibn Abbās about a man who swears an oath binding himself to walk to Allah’s Sacred House.

He replied, “Walking is obligatory only for someone who intended it. As for someone who swore in anger, he must offer expiation for an oath.”

Al-Athram said: Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Aswad narrated to us: Mu‘tamir narrated to us, from his father, from Ibn Umar and al-Hasan, who said:

“If it was a vow of gratitude, he must fulfil his vow. A vow involving disobedience or made in anger is an oath.”

Al-Athram said: Abū Abd Allāh Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal narrated to us: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, saying: Atā’ was asked about a man who said, “I bind myself to offer a thousand sacrificial animals.”

He replied, “It is an oath.”

He was asked about a man who said, “I bind myself to perform a thousand pilgrimages.” He replied, “It is an oath.”

He was asked about a man who said, “My wealth is dedicated as 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 informed us, from Qatāda, from al-Hasan and Jābir ibn Zayd, concerning a man who says, “If I do not do such-and-such, I am in a state of consecration for Hajj.” The reply was:

“Only someone who intends Hajj is bound by consecration. This is an oath for which he must offer expiation.”

Ahmad said: Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Ma‘mar informed us, from Ibn Tāwūs, from his father, who said, “It is an oath for which he must offer expiation.”

Al-Athram said: Abū Abd Allāh narrated to us: Wakī‘ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Layth, from al-Minhāl, from Abū Wā’il, concerning a man who declared that he was in a state of consecration for Hajj. He said, “It is an oath.”

He also said: Abū Abd Allāh narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Yazīd al-Wāsitī narrated to us, from Ayyūb—meaning Abū al-Alā’—from