The Ruling on Swearing by Ash-Sharaf and by the Ka'bah

Question:

Is it permissible to swear by Ash-Sharaf or by the Ka'bah?

Answer:

It is not permissible to swear by other than Allah; indeed, it is Shirk. This is because to swear by something is to glorify it and it is not permissible to glorify any created thing. The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, during the early period of Islam, used to swear by the Ka'bah, but the Prophet ordered them to say: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah..." As for Ash-Sharaf, An-Nasab,Al-Adab: Good manners.and the like, all of them are swearing by other than Allah. Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Shirk in this community is less visible than the crawling of a black ant on a black rock, during a dark night." And it is to say: "By Allah and your life, O so- and-so and by my life..." etc. Thus, making life the object of ones swearing is a kind of Shirk.

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