What is the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) of the hadith regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) interpretation of Abu Bakr’s dream when he said to him, “Do not swear”?

Al-Halabi: The questioner asks, what is the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) of the hadith regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) interpretation of the vision when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, “Do not swear”?

The Shaykh : What is the interpretation of his statement?
Al-Halabi: What is the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) of the hadith?

The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Bakr, as he began interpreting the vision, “Do not swear.”

The Shaykh : What we understand is that a Muslim should not put another Muslim in a difficult position by making him do something or say something that the person being sworn at may not wish to do or say, because of the hardship involved. So when Abu Bakr sought permission from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to interpret the vision, he granted him permission to interpret it. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked if he had hit the mark in the interpretation or not. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The word of truth: you hit the mark in some parts and missed in others.” So he asked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to swear to clarify to him what he had hit and what he had missed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him and said . His forbidding him is a lesson for us, a lesson for two things. The first thing is that one should not ask about something that does not concern his worship, his prayer, or his life. This is a dream vision. For example, suppose that in the part where he missed, if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had clarified the nature of the error, it would have affected some people for whom it is not in the public interest to reveal the veil over it. Indeed, some people... so you should not ask, and this falls under the category of . The second thing, and this is very important in our practical lives, is that it is not permissible for a Muslim to swear at another to make him do such-and-such. And unfortunately, this happens between spouses. Every day questions and fatwas (scholarly legal rulings) come to us: “I swore at my wife not to do such-and-such, and she went and did it,” or “Do not go to your parents’ house,” or “Do not go to your sister’s house,” or to such-and-such place, and so on. One should consider what to do. I will give the answer after further details. A Muslim should not swear at his Muslim brother and put him in a difficult position, and he may himself fall into difficulty, as in the previous example. This is what we understand from this authentic hadith. Yes.