Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 8
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, “A woman came to Abdullah ibn Abbas and said, ‘I have vowed to sacrifice my son.’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘Do not sacrifice your son. Do kaffara for your oath.’ An old man with Ibn Abbas said, ‘What kaffara is there for this?’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘Allah the Exalted said, “Those of you who say, regarding their wives.’Be as my mother’s back’ (Sura58 ayat 2) and then He went on to oblige the kaffara for it as you have seen.’ “
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ ابْنِي . فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ تَنْحَرِي ابْنَكِ وَكَفِّرِي عَنْ يَمِينِكِ، . فَقَالَ شَيْخٌ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ فِي هَذَا كَفَّارَةٌ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ وَ {الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ} ثُمَّ جَعَلَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْكَفَّارَةِ مَا قَدْ رَأَيْتَ .
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 8
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Muwatta Malik is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The work was composed over a 40 year period and consists of under 2000 hadith split into 61 books.
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For more Hadith in Book 22: Vows and Oaths