[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "O 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah, if you take an oath on a certain matter and then see something better than it, then break your oath and fulfill what is better."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ إِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

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)   

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِّلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

[Machine] So we were with Abu Musa when he brought us food that included chicken meat, and among the people there was a man with red complexion resembling the Mawali of Taym Allah. Abu Musa said, "Come and eat." I said, "I saw him eating raw meat, so I swore not to feed him ever." Then he said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ eating from it." He then narrated that he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a group of Ash'ariyyin who were carrying him. He came to him while he was distributing a share of the Sadaqah camels. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, let us carry him." He was angry and said, "By Allah, I will not let you carry him, nor do I find anything to carry you on." Then he was brought spoils, a unique type of meat. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us five portions of that unique meat. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we used to doubt you, but now we will never be successful." So we went to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you had sworn not to carry us." He said, "I did not carry you, but Allah carried you. By Allah, I do not swear an oath on a certain thing and then see something better than it except that I resort to what is better, and I have freed myself from my previous oath owing to the words of Wuhayb."  

فَكُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي مُوسَى فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْنَا طَعَامًا فِيهِ لَحْمُ دَجَاجٍ وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ أَحْمَرُ شَبِيهٌ بِالْمَوَالِي مِنْ تَيْمِ اللهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى ادْنُ فَكُلْ يَعْنِي فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْكُلُ نَتِنًا فَحَلَفْتُ أَنْ لَا أَطْعَمَهُ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ يَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَأَتَاهُ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ ذَوْدًا مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ احَمِلْنَا وَهُوَ غَضْبَانُ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ وَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِنَهْبِ ذَوْدٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى فَأَعْطَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسَ ذَوْدٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى فَقُلْتُ تَغَفَّلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَا نُفْلِحُ أَبَدًا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُنْتَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَمَلَكُمْ وَاللهِ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَتَحَلَّلْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ وُهَيْبٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever takes an oath upon something, and then sees something better than it, should break his oath and make up for it."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِهَا وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ