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We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was holding the hand of `Umar bin Al-Khattab. `Umar said to Him,
“O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! You are dearer to me than everything except my own self.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete faith) till I am dearer to you than
your own self.” Then `Umar said to him, “However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own
self.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Now, O `Umar, (now you are a believer).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If Caesar is ruined, there will be no Caesar after him; and if Khosrau is ruined,
there will be no Khosrau, after him; and, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, surely you will spend
their treasures in Allah’s Cause.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If Khosrau is ruined, there will be no Khosrau after him; and if Caesar is ruined,
there will be no Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, surely you will spend
their treasures in Allah’s Cause.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent an army detachment and made Usama bin Zaid its commander. Some people
criticized (spoke badly of) Usama’s leadership. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up saying, “If you people are
criticizing Usama’s leadership, you have already criticized the leadership of his father before. But Waaimullah
(i.e., By Allah), he (i.e. Zaid) deserved the leadership, and he was one of the most beloved
persons to me; and now this (his son Usama) is one of the dearest persons to me after him.” (See
Hadith No. 765, Vol. 5)

The oath of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to be: “No, by Him who turns the hearts.”

“By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by
which he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah’s sight than that of dissolving his
oath and making expiation for it.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists
on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He should rather
compensate for that oath by making expiation.”

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with a group of Al-Ash`ariyin in order to request him to provide us with
mounts. He said, “By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven’t got anything to mount
you on.” Then we stayed there as long as Allah wished us to stay, and then three very nice looking
she-camels were brought to him and he made us ride them. When we left, we, or some of us, said, “By
Allah, we will not be blessed, as we came to the Prophet (ﷺ) asking him for mounts, and he swore that he
would not give us any mounts but then he did give us. So let us go back to the Prophet (ﷺ) and remind
him (of his oath).” When we returned to him (and reminded him of the fact), he said, “I did not give
you mounts, but it is Allah Who gave you. By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath to do
something and then I find something else than the first, I will make expiation for my oath and do the
thing which is better (or do something which is better and give the expiation for my oath).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “We (Muslims) are the last in the world, but will be foremost on the Day of
Resurrection.”

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he
said, “If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first one, then
I do what is better and make expiation for my oath.”