CHAPTER: Making An Exception (Saying: In-Sha’-Allah) After Swearing One’s Oath.
Narrated Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh. He then said: If Allah wills. Abu Dawud said: A number of persons have narrated this tradition from Sharik, from Simak, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas who reported from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: But he did not fight against them.
Narrated Ikrimah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish. The then said: If Allah wills. He again said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish if Allah wills. He again said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish. He then kept silence. Then he said: If Allah wills. Abu Dawud said: Al-Walid bin Muslim said on the authority of Sharik: He then said: But he did not fight against them.