Daily Hadith Wed 22-Oct-2014 - 27 Dhul-Hijjah 1435 حديث اليوم
باب ما يقوله ويفعله من ارتكب منهيّاً عنه
وعَنْ أبي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي اللَّه عَنْهُ عَن النَّبيِّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم قال : « مَنْ حَلَف فَقَالَ في حلفِهِ: بِالَّلاتِ والْعُزَّى ، فَلْيقُلْ : لا إلَهَ إلاَّ اللَّه ومَنْ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ ، تَعَالَ أقَامِرْكَ فَليتَصَدَّق» . متفقٌ عليه .
1807/369 - رياض الصالحين
Expiation for the violation of Commandments of Allah
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "He who takes an oath and involuntarily says: `By Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza should at once affirm: `La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah), and he who says to his companion: `Come lets gamble should make expiation by giving something in charity."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].


Commentary:
Al-Lat and Al-`Uzza were the idols of the polytheists of Arabia. To take oath or swear by them or by anything else besides Allah is an act of disbelief which takes one out of the fold of religion.
If any person swears by anything or anybody else other than Allah, he should recite "La ilaha illa Allah" and refresh and re-establish his belief in Allah. Similarly, if someone indulges in other sins, then he should repent and give in charity according to his resources. The reason is, as Allah (SWT) says: "Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (i.e., small sins)." (11:114).

369/1807 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
Wed 22-Oct-2014 - 27 Dhul-Hijjah 1435