Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 20 Eighteenth Greater Sin: False Oath Swearing for the sake of emphasis
Swearing for the sake of emphasis
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Swearing for the sake of emphasis
Not only it is permitted but it is mustahab to swear in order to emphasize on a true fact, or to prove some fact, or to show its importance. For example the Holy Prophet (S) speaks after taking the oath:
“By Allah! Allah does not delay in forgiving, Though you may be lazy in seeking it.”
(MasÄlik)
Another example of an oath is the following saying of Amir ul-Mu’minÄ«n (a.s.):
“By Allah! If people knew what I know then very few would have laughed and many more would have wept.”
(MasÄlik)
There are numerous Qur’anic verses and the traditions of Ma’sÅ«mÄ«n (a.s.) where oath is taken. All of them are of this same type. They are for emphasis and for proving particular facts.
A person wrote a letter to Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) and asked about something which was being wrongly attributed to him (Imam a.s).
Imam Baqir (a.s.) wrote the following reply,
“By Allah! What is being attributed is not correct. But under no circumstance do I like to say “By Allah” to disprove it. Yet I regret that such a thing is being said when it really isn’t so.”
(Mustadrak ul-Wasa’il)
