Qatāda and Mansūr, from al-Hasan, concerning a man who declared that if he entered so-and-so’s house, he would be bound to walk to Allah’s House.

He said, “He must offer expiation for an oath.” He added, “But if he vows to walk, he must walk. If he cannot manage the walk, he should ride and offer a sacrificial animal.”

Abū Abd Allāh said: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Saʿd narrated to us: Āsim ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from his brother Umar ibn Muhammad, who said:

A man came to seek a ruling from al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr. He said, “Abū Muhammad, what is your view concerning a man who has bound himself to walk to Allah’s House?”

Al-Qāsim asked, “Did he make it a vow?”

He replied, “No.”

“Or did he undertake it for Allah’s sake?”

He replied, “No.”

He said, “Then let him offer expiation for his oath.”

Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—said:

Ibn Asākir related the report recorded by Hanbal, who said: I heard Abū Abd Allāh say, “It is said that Marwān ibn al-Hakam was versed in judicial rulings and followed the rulings of Umar.” He also related what Abū Zurʿa al-Dimashqī had reported:

“People differ regarding these two men: Muhammad ibn al-Walīd al-Zubaydī and Shuʿayb ibn Abī Hamza. Al-Hakam ibn Nāfiʿ informed me that he had seen both of them—al-Zubaydī and Shuʿayb ibn Abī Hamza—and I observed that he held al-Zubaydī in greater esteem. Both were companions of al-Zuhrī at al-Rusāfa, serving under Hishām ibn Abd al-Malik: Muhammad ibn al-Walīd al-Zubaydī was in charge of the treasury, and Shuʿayb ibn Abī Hamza was in charge of Hishām’s expenditure.”

It is narrated from Baqiyya, who said: Al-Awzāʿī asked us, “What has become of Muhammad ibn al-Walīd al-Zubaydī?”

I replied, “He has taken charge of the treasury.”

He said, “Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.”