"The Prophet said to me: 'If you swear an oath, and you see something that is better, then do that which is better and offer expiation for your oath.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3789)   

لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ إِذَا آلَيْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) I was shooting some arrows when an eclipse of the sun tok place. I, therefore , threw them (the arrows) away and said: I must see how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ acts in a solar eclipse today. So I came to him; he was standing (in prayer) raising his hands, glorifying Allah, praising Him, acknowledging that He is the only Deity, and making supplication till the sun was clear. He then recited two surahs and prayed two rak'ahs. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1195)   

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَتَرَامَى بِأَسْهُمِي فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ إِذْ كُسِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَنَبَذْتُهُنَّ وَسَعَيْتُ أَنْظُرُ مَا أَحْدَثَ كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِذَا هُوَ رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ يُسَبِّحُ اللهَ ﷻ وَيَحْمَدُ وَيُهَلِّلُ وَيُكَبِّرُ وَيَدْعُو فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى حُسِرَ عَنِ الشَّمْسِ فَقَرَأَ سُورَتَيْنِ وَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(O ʿAbdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6722)  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever takes spoils is not one of us, so return this sheep." They returned it and distributed it equally.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا فَرُدُّوا هَذِهِ الْغَنَمَ فَرَدُّوهَا فَقَسَمَهَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ  

[Machine] "I found in a book written by my father, and I have the greatest knowledge that I heard it from him, that Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us, who narrated to us Nasih ibn al-Ala', who is also known as Abu al-Ala', the freed slave of Banu Hashim, who narrated to us Ammar ibn Abi Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, that he passed by Abdur Rahman ibn Samurah while he was at the banks of Umm Abdulah, and the water was flowing with his slave girl and his followers. Ammar said to him, 'O Aba Sa'id, it is Friday.' Abdur Rahman ibn Samurah replied, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'When it is a day of rainy downpour, let one of you perform the prayer in his house.''  

وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي بِخَطِّ يَدِهِ وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي أَنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا نَاصِحُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَهَرِ أُمِّ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَسِيلُ الْمَاءُ مَعَ غِلْمَتِهِ وَمَوَالِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمَّارٌ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْجُمُعَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ مَطَرٍ وَابِلٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِيرَحْلِهِ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , Abu Abdur-Rahman narrated: I heard Al-Qawariri saying, "I used to be commanded by a person who would advise me. When I asked him for more, he would say, 'I have nothing else.' He was blind."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعْتُ الْقَوَارِيرِيَّ يَقُولُ كُنْتُ أَمُرُّ بِنَاصِحٍ فَيُحَدِّثُنِي فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُهُ الزِّيَادَةَ قَالَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي غَيْرُ ذَا وَكَانَ ضَرِيرًا  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(O ʿAbdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6722)  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَاعَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ the likes of him."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ  

"Do not swear by your forefathers or by false gods (At-Tawaghit)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3774)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ وَلَا بِالطَّوَاغِيتِ وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ الطَّوَاغِي  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ mentioned and said, "Do not ask for leadership, for if you are given it without asking, you will be held accountable for it. But if you are given it by asking, you will be entrusted with it. And if you swear an oath on something and then see something better than it, then fulfill what is better and compensate for your oath."  

ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُعْطَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ تُعَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْتُعْطَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ تُكَلْ إِلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

“Whoever plunders is not one of us.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3937)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(O ʿAbdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6722)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍوُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "O ʿAbdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for it, then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and later you find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation for your oath." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6622)  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ  

[Machine] For me, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "O Abdul Rahman, do not seek leadership, as it was mentioned in the hadith."  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] Uthman ibn Affan came to the Prophet ﷺ with one thousand dinars in his garment when the Prophet ﷺ was preparing the army of Usrah. He poured it into the Prophet's room and the Prophet ﷺ started flipping it with his hand and saying, "What harm can Uthman ibn Affan do? He will keep repeating this."  

جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَلْفِ دِينَارٍ فِي ثَوْبِهِ حِينَ جَهَّزَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ قَالَ فَصَبَّهَا فِي حِجْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُقَلِّبُهَا بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ مَا ضَرَّ ابْنُ عَفَّانَ مَا عَمِلَ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ يُرَدِّدُهَا مِرَارًا  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever unlawfully takes something, it does not belong to us, so return it and distribute it among them equally."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ انْتَهَبَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا رُدُّوهَا فَرَدُّوهَا فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَهُمْ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ