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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever makes an oath and then sees something better than it, he should make expiation for it by leaving it."  

أحمد:١١٧٢٧وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَكَفَّارَتُهَا تَرْكُهَا  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:1650bAbū al-Ṭāhir > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

He who took an oath and then found another thing better than (this) should expiate for the oath (broken) by him and do (the better thing).  

مسلم:١٦٥٠bوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلْ  

nasai:3781ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better."  

النسائي:٣٧٨١أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ  

nasai:3787ʿAmr b. Yazīd > Bahz b. Asad > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Rufayʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better and leave his oath.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ رُفَيْعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ تَمِيمَ بْنَ طَرَفَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيَتْرُكْ يَمِينَهُ  

ibnmajah:2111ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Wāsiṭī > ʿAwn b. ʿUmārah > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him not do it, and his leaving it is the expiation for it. "  

ابن ماجة:٢١١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْنُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَتْرُكْهَا فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا  

malik:47-3Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Part of the excellence of a man's Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him."  

مالك:٤٧-٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلاَمِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ  

malik:22-12Yaḥyá > Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever makes an oath and then sees that something else would be better than it, should do kaffara for his oath and do what is better." Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "Anyone who says that he has a vow but does not mention the name of Allah, is still obliged to make the kaffara for an oath (if he breaks it)". Malik said, "Emphasis is when a man swears one thing several times, repeating the oath in his speech time after time. For instance, the statement, 'By Allah, I will not decrease it from such-and-such,' sworn three times or more. The kaffara of that is like the kaffara of one oath. If a man swears, 'I will not eat this food or wear these clothes or enter this house,' that is all in one oath, and he is only obliged to do one kaffara. It is the same for a man who says to his wife, 'You are divorced if I clothe you in this garment or let you go to the mosque,' and it is one entire statement in the normal pattern of speech. If he breaks any of that oath, divorce is necessary, and there is no breaking of oath after that in whatever he does. There is only one oath to be broken in that." Malik said, "What we do about a woman who makes a vow without her husband's permission is that she is allowed to do so and she must fulfill it, if it only concerns her own person and will not harm her husband. If, however, it will harm her husband, he may forbid her to fulfill it, but it remains an obligation against her until she has the opportunity to complete it."  

مالك:٢٢-١٢حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ بِيَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ۔ قَالَ يَحْيَى : سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَالَ: عَلَيَّ نَذْرٌ، وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ شَيْئًا، إِنَّ عَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةَ يَمِينٍ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : فَأَمَّا التَّوْكِيدُ، فَهُوَ حَلِفُ الْإِنْسَانِ فِي الشَّيْءِ الْوَاحِدِ، يُرَدِّدُ فِيهِ الْأَيْمَانَ، يَمِينًا بَعْدَ يَمِينٍ، كَقَوْلِهِ: وَاللهِ، لَا أَنْقُصُهُ مِنْ كَذَا، أَوْ كَذَا، يَحْلِفُ بِذلِكَ مِرَارًا. ثَلَاثًا، أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذلِكَ. قَالَ: فَكَفَّارَةُ ذلِكَ وَاحِدَةٌ، مِثْلُ كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : فَإِنْ حَلَفَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا آكُلُ هذَا الطَّعَامَ، وَلَا أَلْبَسُ هذَا الثَّوْبَ، وَلَا أَدْخُلُ هذَا الْبَيْتَ. فَكَانَ هذَا فِي يَمِينٍ وَاحِدَةٍ. فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ. وَإِنَّمَا ذلِكَ كَقَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِامْرَأَتِهِ: أَنْتِ الطَّلَاقُ، إِنْ كَسَوْتُكِ هذَا الثَّوْبَ، وَلَا أَذِنْتُ لَكِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، يَكُونُ ذلِكَ نَسَقًا مُتَتَابِعًا، فِي كَلَامٍ وَاحِدٍ. فَإِنْ حَنِثَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذلِكَ وَاحِدٌ، فَقَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّلَاقُ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا فَعَلَ، بَعْدَ ذلِكَ، حِنْثٌ. إِنَّمَا الْحِنْثُ فِي ذلِكَ حِنْثٌ وَاحِدٌ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا فِي نَذْرِ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَنَّهُ جَائِزٌ عَلَيْهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا، يَجِبُ عَلَيْهَا ذلِكَ، وَيَثْبُتُ إِذَا كَانَ ذلِكَ فِي جَسَدِهَا، وَكَانَ ذلِكَ لَا يَضُرُّ بِزَوْجِهَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ ذلِكَ يَضُرُّ بِزَوْجِهَا كَانَ ذلِكَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَقْضِيَهُ.  

ahmad:6907al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad And Samiʿtuh > from al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Muslim b. Khālid > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: "Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for what he swore about. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2108)  

أحمد:٦٩٠٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنَ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَعَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ahmad:6969ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ al-Laythī > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him not do it, and his leaving it is the expiation for it. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2111)   

أحمد:٦٩٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَهِيَ كَفَّارَتُهَا  

ahmad:6736Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim > Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3781)   

أحمد:٦٧٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا  

ahmad:8734Abū Salamah al-Khuzāʿī > Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: "Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for what he swore about. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2108)   

أحمد:٨٧٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ  

ذِكْرُ كِتْبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْحَسَنَةَ لِلتَّارِكِ يَمِينَهُ بِأَخْذِ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ

ibnhibban:4344al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Bishr b. al-Ḥakam > Sufyān > Sulaymān al-Aḥwal > Abū Maʿbad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever swears an oath to harm someone and wants to fulfill it, then his expiation is to leave it (not harm the person), and with the expiation there is goodness."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ* حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى مُلْكِ يَمِينِهِ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهُ فَكَفَّارَتُهُ تَرَكُهُ وَمَعَ الْكَفَّارَةِ حَسَنَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مُبَاحٌ لَهُ أَنْ يَبْدَأَ بِالْكَفَّارَةِ قَبْلَ الْحِنْثِ إِذَا رَأَى تَرَكَ الْيَمِينِ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْمُضِيِّ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:4349ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3781)  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ»  

tabarani:14358ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Rufayʿ > Tamīm al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever swears an oath and then sees something better than it, should leave it and do what is better."  

الطبراني:١٤٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَتْرُكْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ»  

tabarani:12793Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Tustarī > al-Mundhir b. al-Walīd al-a neighborūdī from his father > Mālik b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Nukrī from his father from his grandfather ʿAmr b. Mālik al-Nukrī > Abū al-Jawzāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , he said, "Whoever swears an oath on his right hand, and then sees something better than it, should fulfill it, as it serves as its expiation, except in the case of divorce or freeing a slave."  

الطبراني:١٢٧٩٣حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْجَارُودِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ النُّكْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَالِكٍ النُّكْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا إِلَّا طَلَاقٍ أَوْ عَتَاقٍ»  

nasai-kubra:4704Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

He who took an oath and then found another thing better than (this) should expiate for the oath (broken) by him and do (the better thing). (Using translation from Muslim 1650b)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلْ»  

nasai-kubra:4705ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said: "Whoever swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for what he swore about. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2108)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ»  

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السيوطي:٢١٣٩٠a

"مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمينٍ فَرَأَى غَيرَهَا خَيرًا منْهَا فَليَتْرُكْهَا؛ فَإنَّ تَرَكَهَا كَفَّارَتُهَا".  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة عن عمرو بن شعيب، عن أَبيه، عن جده، [حم] أحمد عن أَبي سعيد