and in the other report, he declared him weak. Al-‘Ijli and Ibn ‘Adi said: “There is no harm in him.” Yet negative criticism takes precedence over positive accreditation. Nevertheless, the hadith has a supporting report from Umm Salamah in Sahih Muslim (3/38) and elsewhere, though without the words, “Then close the eyes”; there it is reported as an action of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. I have cited it in The Book of Funeral Rulings (p. 12), so it is good on account of it, if Allah Most High wills.

Note: Humayd here is Ibn Qays al-A‘raj, the Meccan, al-Asadi—their freedman—not Humayd al-Makki, the freedman of Ibn ‘Alqamah.

1093 — “When one of you swears an oath, let him not say, ‘Whatever Allah and you will,’ but rather let him say, ‘Whatever Allah wills, then whatever you will.’”

Ibn Majah (1/650) narrated it through ‘Isa ibn Yunus, who said: Al-Ajlah al-Kindi narrated to us from Yazid ibn al-Asamm, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said this.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are narrators of the Sahih, apart from al-Ajlah, who is ‘Abdullah al-Kindi. He is truthful, as al-Dhahabi and al-‘Asqalani stated. Concerning the hadith, he said in al-Zawa’id (131/2): “This chain includes al-Ajlah ibn ‘Abdullah, concerning whom there is disagreement. Ahmad, Abu Hatim, al-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Sa‘d declared him weak, whereas Ibn Ma‘in, al-‘Ijli, and Ya‘qub ibn Sufyan declared him trustworthy. The remaining narrators in the chain are trustworthy. Al-Nasa’i narrated it in The Deeds of Day and Night from ‘Ali ibn Khushram, from ‘Isa ibn Yunus, with this chain. Musaddad also narrated it in his Musnad from ‘Isa ibn Yunus, with its chain and text. Imam Ahmad likewise narrated it in his Musnad from Ibn ‘Abbas, and Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated it in his Musnad from ‘Ali ibn Mushir, from al-Ajlah, except that he said: ‘Have you made me an equal to Allah?! Rather, whatever Allah wills (alone).’ It also has a supporting report from Qutaylah, narrated by al-Nasa’i.”

I say: It is found in Musnad Ahmad (1839, 1964, and 2561) through several routes from al-Ajlah, with wording like that of Ibn Abi Shaybah. Its documentation has preceded under no. (139), and the documentation of Qutaylah’s hadith has likewise preceded there under no. (136).