سنن أبي داود

Hadith 3276

Book 22: Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)

كِتَاب الْأَيْمَانِ وَالنُّذُورِ

Chapter 17

Chapter: Breaking The Oath When That Is Better.

باب الرَّجُلِ يُكَفِّرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْنَثَ

English narration

Narrated by عبد الله بن قيس الأشعري

Narrated Abu Burdah: On the authority of his father that the Prophet ﷺ said: I swear by Allah that if Allah wills I shall swear on an oath and then consider something else to be better than it without making atonement for my oath and doing the thing that is better. Or he said (according to another version): But doing the thing that is better and making atonement for my oath.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلَانُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ : أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ، فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ، إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي ، وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ ، أَوْ قَالَ : إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ ، وَكَفَّرْتُ يَمِينِي

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3276In-book: Book 22, Hadith 3276

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