سنن نسائی · Hadith 3891

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah, who attributed it to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم “Sulaiman said: ‘I will certainly go around to ninety women tonight, each of whom will bear a child who will fight in the cause of Allah.’ It was said to him: ‘Say: If Allah wills,” hut he did not say it. He went around to theni but none of them bore a child except for one woman who bore half a person.” The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “If he had said, ‘If Allah wills,’ he would not have broken his vow, and this would have been a means to help him to get what he wanted.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020