[Machine] Whoever swears an oath and adds an exception, he has the choice to fulfill it if he wants to continue on his oath, or he has the choice to retract it without any blame. Abu Bakr ibn al-Harith al-Faqih informed us, Abu Muhammad ibn Hayyan al-Asbahani narrated to us, Abdan narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Ibn Ulayyah mentioned it in a similar way except that he said, "I only know this from the Prophet's ﷺ mention of Ayyub." He said regarding him, "The doubt was from Ayyub." And he said at the end, "He retracted it without falsehood." Abu Bakr ibn al-Harith al-Faqih informed us, Abu Muhammad ibn Hayyan narrated to us, Abdan narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn Khalad narrated, Hammad ibn Zayd said, Ayyub used to transmit this hadith, then he stopped. The sheikh said, "Perhaps he stopped transmitting it due to doubt in its transmission." And he is Ayyub ibn Abi Tamimah al-Sakhtiyani. And it has also been narrated from Musa ibn Uqbah, Abdullah ibn Umar, Hassan ibn Atiya, and Kathir ibn Farqad, from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ. And its transmission is hardly considered authentic except from the perspective of Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani. And Ayyub also had doubt in it. And the narration of the majority is correct from various perspectives according to Nafi', from Ibn Umar, from his statement not being raised. And Allah knows best.  

ﷺ مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ رَجَعَ غَيْرَ حَرِجٍ 19918 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدَانُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الشَّكُّ مِنْ أَيُّوبَ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ رَجَعَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ 19919 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا عَبْدَانُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ قَالَ قَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ كَانَ أَيُّوبُ يَرْفَعُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ لَعَلَّهُ إِنَّمَا تَرَكَهُ لِشَكٍّ اعْتَرَاهُ فِي رَفْعِهِ وَهُوَ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَحَسَّانَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ وَكَثِيرِ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَا يَكَادُ يَصِحُّ رَفْعُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ وَأَيُّوبُ يَشُكُّ فِيهِ أَيْضًا وَرِوَايَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ صَحِيحَةٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ غَيْرَ مَرْفُوعٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ