BOOK 15. KITAB AI-AIMAN
(Oaths )
Chapter
- It is forbidden to take the oaths in the
name of anyone else besides Allah
- He who takes an oath by Lat and Uzza'
he should say: There is no god but Allah
- It is excellent to break the vow if one
finds it better doing that which is against this vow one should expiate it
- The oath would be considered on the basis
of the intention of one who takes an oath
- Expressing the words "God willing" in
the oath
- It is forbidden to persist in an oath
which causes trouble to the family and is not lawful
- What a non-believer should do with his
vow when he embraces Islam
- How should the masters treat their slaves
and expiation if they show high-handedness
- It is improper to accuse the slave of
adultery
- Feeding of slave with what the master
cats himself and clothing him with what he wears himself and not to burden
him beyond capacity
- Reward of the slave when he is loyal to
bit master and is good in worshipping Allah
- He who emancipates his share in the slave
- The permissibility of buying a mudabbar
slave