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)   

قَالَ 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 وَكَفَرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

[Machine] I entered upon Abu Musa while he was eating chicken meat. He said, "Come and eat." I said, "I have sworn not to eat it." He said, "Come and eat, and I will tell you about your right hand." I approached and ate. He said, "We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when some of the Ash'aris came and asked to be carried. He said, 'No, by Allah, I will not carry you, and I don't have what I can carry you on.' He said, 'We did not stay long until the Ghurru Al-Dhura pillars came to him, and he instructed us to carry them. We did not go far until we said, 'What have we done? We have forgotten the right of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' By Allah, we will not succeed.' So we returned to him and said, 'What is your response to us?' He said, 'I did not forget it, but whoever swears on his right hand and then sees something better than it, let him come to what is better and make atonement for his right hand.' 19843 and Abu 'Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, narrating from Yahya bin Mansur Al-Qadi, who narrated from Muhammad bin 'Umar bin Al-'Ala, who narrated from Shayban bin Farrukh, who narrated from Al-Sa'q bin Hazan, who mentioned it.  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ وَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ دَجَاجٍ فَقَالَ ادْنُ فَكُلْ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي حَلَفْتُ لَا آكُلُهُ قَالَ ادْنُ فَكُلْ وَسَأُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ هَذِهِ قَالَ فَدَنَوْتُ فَأَكَلْتُ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي نَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَمَا بَرِحْنَا حَتَّى أَتَتْهُ فَرَائِضُ غُرُّ الذُّرَى فَأَمَرَ لَنَا مِنْهَا بِحِمْلَانِ فَمَا بَرِحْنَا إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى قُلْنَا مَا صَنَعْنَا نَسَّيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمِينَهُ وَاللهِ لَا نُفْلِحُ قَالَ فَرَجَعْنَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ مَا رَدَّكُمْ؟ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَلَّا تَحْمِلَنَا فَخَشِينَا أَنْ لَا يُبَارَكَ لَنَا وَخَشِينَا أَنْ نَكُونَ نَسَّيْنَاكَ يَمِينَكَ قَالَ أَنِّي وَاللهِ مَا نُسِّيتُهَا وَلَكِنْ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ 19843 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ ثنا الصَّعْقُ بْنُ حَزَنٍ فَذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] We carried the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on our shoulders, and he said, "I swear by Allah, I am not carrying you. I do not have what I can carry you on." So when we returned, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent to us three camels, and I said, "O Messenger of Allah, you have sworn not to carry us, but you carried us." He said, "I did not carry you, but Allah carried you. By Allah, I do not swear by any right hand to show that there is something better than it unless I fulfill it."  

أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ ذَوْدٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ أَنْ لَا تَحْمِلَنَا فَحَمَلْتَنَا قَالَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَحْمِلُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَمَلَكُمْ وَاللهِ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُهُ  

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ in this hadith, he said: "By Allah, if Allah wills, I will not swear an oath on my right hand and then see something better than it, unless I do what is better and release it." Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu Al-Rabi Al-Zahranini narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zaid narrated from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Zahdam Al-Garmi. Ayyub said: "And Al-Qasim Al-Kalbi informed me about it."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ إِنِّي وَاللهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَتَحَلَّلْتُهَا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ الْقَاسِمُ الْكَلْبِيُّ عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ فَذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ in this Hadith: "I swear by Allah, I do not swear an oath on any other right-hand oath, and then see anything better than it, except that I nullify my oath and fulfill what is better." Abu Al-Hassan Al-Muqri' informed us, and he informed us Abu Al-Hassan bin Muhammad bin Ishaq, and he informed us Yusuf bin Ya'qub, and he informed us Muhammad bin Abi Bakr, and he informed us Hammad, and he informed us Ghaylan bin Jarir, from Abu Burdah, from his father, who mentioned it. They included it in Sahih, as mentioned before.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا حَمَّادٌ ثنا غَيْلَانُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ فَذَكَرَهُ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ كَمَا مَضَى  

A person sat late in the night with Allah's Apostle ﷺ, and then came to his family and found that his children had gone to sleep. His wife brought food for him. but he took an oath that he would not eat because of his children (having gone to sleep without food) He then gave precedence (of breaking the vow and then expiating it) and ate the food He then came to Allah s Messenger ﷺ and made mention of that to him, whereupon Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said: He who took an oath and (later on) found something better than that should do that, and expiate for (breaking) his vow. (Using translation from Muslim 1650a)   

اعْتَمَّ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَوَجَدَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَدْ نَامُوا فَأَتَاهُ أَهْلُهُ بِطَعَامٍ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَأْكُلَ مِنْ أَجْلِ صِبْيَتِهِ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَأَكَلَ فَأَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِهَا وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

[Machine] He has nothing of mine except for my shield and forgiveness, so I will write to you to give it to my family." He said, "He did not agree." He said, "So Adi became angry and swore not to give him anything." He said, "The man was satisfied." He said, "He said, 'Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever swears an oath and sees its consequences, let him fulfill it with piety.'"  

لَهُ عَدِيُّ مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا دِرْعِي وَمِغْفَرِي فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُ لَكَ إِلَى أَهْلِي تُعْطَهَا قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرْضَ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ عَدِيُّ فَحَلَفَ لَا يُعْطِيهِ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَرَضِيَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى تُقَاءَهَا فَلْيَأْتِ التَّقْوَى مَا حَنَثَتْ  

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said: Whoever swears an oath and then sees something better than it, should act upon what is better and break the oath."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيَتْرُكْ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If any one of you takes an oath and later finds something better, then let him make expiation for his oath and do what is better." Narrated Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz, who narrated from Ahmad ibn Sahl Al-Bukhari, who narrated from Salih ibn Muhammad Al-Hafiz, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numair, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Fudail ibn Ghazwan, from Al-A'mash, who mentioned it.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَلَفَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْهَا وَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ 19850 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْبُخَارِي أنبأ صَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ فَذَكَرَهُ  

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)   

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ يَمِينَهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Allah, it is more sinful for one of you to enter upon his family with his right hand than to give his required expiation that Allah has obliged."  

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَلِجَ أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَمِينِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ آثَمُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ كَفَّارَتَهُ الَّتِي فَرَضَ اللهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a man feels estrangement towards his family, it is the greatest sin, and expiation does not suffice."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَلَجَّ الرَّجُلُ فِي أَهْلِهِ فَهُوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا لَيْسَ تُغْنِي الْكَفَّارَةُ  

[Machine] In His saying, "And do not make Allah an obstacle to your oaths" [Al-Baqarah 224], He is saying, "Do not make me an obstacle to your vow not to do good. Instead, fulfill your vow and do good."  

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللهَ عُرْضَةً لِأَيْمَانِكُمْ} [البقرة 224] يَقُولُ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي عُرْضَةً لِيَمَيْنِكَ أَنْ لَا تَصْنَعَ الْخَيْرَ وَلَكِنْ كَفَرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَاصْنَعِ الْخَيْرَ  

[Machine] On the authority of Al-Hasan, regarding his statement {And do not make Allah an obstacle to your oaths} [Al-Baqarah 224], he said: "Do not belittle Allah. None of you should say, 'I have vowed to not maintain ties of kinship, or strive for righteousness, or give charity from my wealth.' Disbelieving in your right hand, turn to Allah whom you have sworn by." This is the statement of Qatadah.  

عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي قَوْلِهِ {وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا اللهَ عُرْضَةً لِأَيْمَانِكُمْ} [البقرة 224] قَالَ لَا تَعْتَلُّوا بِاللهِ لَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي آلَيْتُ أَنْ لَا أَصْلَ رَحِمًا وَلَا أَسْعَى فِي صَلَاحٍ وَلَا أَتَصَدَّقَ مِنْ مَالِي كَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَائْتِ اللهَ الَّذِي حَلَفْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ قَتَادَةَ