عَلَيْهِupon himوَسَلَّمَand peace
upon him and peace
الرِّيَاءُOstentationشِرْكٌis shirk
Ostentation is shirk.
وَفِيAnd inذَلِكَthatأَنْزَلَrevealedاللَّهُAllahتَعَالَىthe Most High
And regarding that, Allah the Most High revealed:
فَمَنْSo whoeverكَانَisيَرْجُوhopingلِقَاءَfor the meetingرَبِّهِwith his Lord
So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord
فَلْيَعْمَلْthen let him doعَمَلًاa deedصَالِحًاrighteous
then let him do a righteous deed
وَلَاand notيُشْرِكْassociateبِعِبَادَةِin the worshipرَبِّهِof his Lordأَحَدًاanyone
and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord.
وَيَدْخُلُAnd entersفِيintoهَذَاthis
And enters into this
أَنْthatيَقُولَsayالرَّجُلُthe man
that a man says:
وَحَيَاتِيAnd by my lifeأَوْorوَحَيَاتِكَby your lifeأَوْorوَحَيَاةِby the life ofفُلَانٍso-and-so
"And by my life, or by your life, or by the life of so-and-so,"
أَوْorوَتُرْبَةِby the soil ofفُلَانٍso-and-soأَوْorوَتُرْبَةِby the soil ofأَبِيmy father
"or by the soil of so-and-so, or by the soil of my father,"
أَوْorوَتُرْبَةِby the soil ofأَبِيكَyour fatherأَوْorوَتُرْبَةِby the soil ofالشَّيْخِthe Shaykhفُلَانٍso-and-so
"or by the soil of your father, or by the soil of Shaykh so-and-so,"
أَوْorوَنِعْمَةِby the grace ofالسُّلْطَانِthe Sultanأَوْorوَحَيَاةِby the life ofرَأْسِhead ofالسُّلْطَانِthe Sultan
"or by the grace of the Sultan, or by the life of the Sultan's head,"
أَوْorوَحَيَاةِby the life ofرَأْسِكَyour headأَوْorوَحَقِّby the right ofسَيْفِيmy sword
"or by the life of your head, or by the right of my sword,"
أَوْorوَحَيَاةِby the life ofالْفُتُوَّةِchivalryأَوْorوَحَقِّby the right ofأَبِيmy father
"or by the life of chivalry, or by the right of my father,"
أَوْorوَحُرْمَتِكَby your sanctityعِنْدَwithاللَّهِAllahأَوْorحُرْمَةِsanctity ofالشَّيْخِthe Shaykhفُلَانٍso-and-soعِنْدَwithاللَّهِAllah
"or by your sanctity with Allah, or the sanctity of Shaykh so-and-so with Allah,"
أَوْorوَحَقِّby the right ofالْكَعْبَةِthe Kaaba
"or by the right of the Kaaba."
وَكُلُّAnd allمَاthatكَانَwasمِنْfromهَذَاthisبِمَاwith whatيَحْلِفُswearsبِهِby itجُفَاةُthe roughالنَّاسِpeopleعَلَىuponوَجْهِthe manner ofالتَّعْظِيمِmagnification
And all of this is from what the rough people swear by by way of veneration.
فَمَنْSo whoeverحَلَفَswearsبِشَيْءٍby anythingمِنْofهَذِهِtheseالْأَيْمَانِoaths
So whoever swears by any of these oaths
فَقَدْthen indeedعَصَىhe has disobeyedاللَّهَAllahوَرَسُولَهُand His Messenger
then indeed he has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger
فِيinقَوْلِهِhis saying
in his saying:
مَنْWhoeverكَانَisحَالِفًاswearingفَلَاthen let him notيَحْلِفْswearإِلَّاexceptبِاللَّهِby Allah
"Whoever is to swear, let him not swear except by Allah."
وَدَخَلَAnd entered
And entered
It was reported as Marfoo' from the hadith of Shaddad ibn Aws and others:
إِنَّIndeedأَخْوَفَmost fearfulمَاwhatأَخَافُI fearعَلَيْكُمُover youالشِّرْكَis the shirkالْأَصْغَرَminor
"Indeed, what I fear most for you is the minor shirk."
قَالُواThey saidوَمَاAnd what isالشِّرْكُthe shirkالْأَصْغَرُminorيَاOرَسُولَMessenger ofاللَّهِAllah
"They said: And what is the minor shirk, O Messenger of Allah?"
قَالَHe saidالرِّيَاءُOstentation
"He said: Ostentation..."
It was collected by Ahmad (5/428) and Al-Bayhaqi in As-Shu'ab (6412),
and its chain of transmission was deemed good by Ibn Hajar in Bulugh Al-Maram (1277)
and authenticated by Al-Albani in As-Sahihah (951).
In the original text without the letter Waw.
In the original text without the letter Waw.
It was collected by Al-Bukhari (3836) and Muslim (4259).