Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 57
Al-Kāfi

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 57

Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

3 hadiths
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ كُلُّ صَوْمٍ يُفَرَّقُ إِلاَّ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘ Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘All fasts can lawfully be completed in different times except the fast which is as expiation for an oath.”’
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/349)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
2ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ صِيَامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ مُتَتَابِعَاتٍ لا يُفْصَلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ.
2. It is narrated from him (narrator of previous Hadith) from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘The fast which is as expiation for an oath must be completed without any interval in between.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/349)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ السَّبْعَةُ الأَيَّامِ وَالثَّلاثَةُ الأَيَّامِ فِي الْحَجِّ لا يُفَرَّقُ إِنَّمَا هِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الثَّلاثَةِ الأَيَّامِ فِي الْيَمِينِ.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from Aban from al-Husayn ibn Zayd who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘The seven days and the three days during Hajj are without any interval in between. They are just like three days because of an oath.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/349)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī