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FIRST REMINDER. Tuesday. 3rd day of Rabeeul Awwal. SWEARING BY OTHER THAN ALLAH IS AN ACT OF SHIRK. BismilLah The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Allah prohibits you from swearing by your fathers, so whoever swears, let him swear by Allah only or shut up. [Bukhari & Muslim]. It is stated in another Hadeeth of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that: "Whoever swears by other than Allah has committed shirk" [Ahmad, Tirmidhee & Al-Haakim]. Swearing is allowed in Islam, but a person can only swear by Allah only if you are saying the truth. If you swear by anything else, then this is an aspect of Shirk. To swear by the moon or the star or any of Allah's creation, is Haraam. Allah can swear by whatever He wants to, but we can only swear by Him. The common practice among many Muslims to swear by the Quran is a Bid'ah (innovation), and should be discouraged. Even though Quran is the speech of Allah and not created, the Prophet never included Quran as permited to swear with other than Allah only. We can only say that "I swear by the owner of this Quran" Equally, taking an oath other than Allah is not valid oath and to swear an oath with the Quran is also not permissible as the usage of the Quran in court in swearing or taking oath with it is bid'a and emulating the kuffar which is not permissible. We can say in court I swear by the owner of this QUR'AN. What is even more surprising and sad reality, is to swear by Allah while knowing fully well that you are lying. To be continued in Shaa Allah. May Allah protect us from any acts of disobedience and protect us from ignorance. Aameen.

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