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bayhaqi:19953Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > al-Haytham b. Ḥumayd > Zayd b. Wāqid > Busr b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿĀʾidh > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: The Prophet ﷺ received some camels as gifts and he distributed them among the people. Then I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I find myself without anything to ride." He replied, "I swear by Allah, I did not do that intentionally." He repeated this statement three times. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Take those four downcast camels." Abu Musa replied, "O Messenger of Allah, I swore an oath and refrained because I was afraid that someone might think that I entered your presence with deceitful intentions." The Prophet ﷺ said, "When I take an oath and then see that there is something better than it, I expiate my oath and go for what is better." This narration confirms the reliability of the narration of Hammam bin Zaid for those who do not doubt it.  

البيهقي:١٩٩٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ إِبِلًا فَفَرَّقَهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ أَجِدْنِي فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ قَالَ وَبَقِيَ أَرْبَعٌ غُرُّ الذُّرَى فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى خُذْهُنَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي اسْتَحْمَلْتُكَ فَمَنَعْتَنِي وَحَلَفْتَ فَأَشْفَقْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهْمٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي إِذَا حَلَفْتُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَهَذَا يُؤَكِّدُ رِوَايَةَ مَنْ لَمْ يَشُكَّ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ  


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hakim:7825Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > al-Haytham b. Ḥumayd > Zayd b. Wāqid > Bishr b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿĀʾidh > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has given His Messenger an abundance of camels to the extent that he distributed them. Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari said, 'O Messenger of Allah, carry me (on a camel).' He (the Prophet) said, 'No.' He repeated this request three times, and every time the Prophet ﷺ refused. Then he said, 'There are four camels left, and they are young calves. O Abu Musa, take them.' Abu Musa said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I feel embarrassed to ask you, and you prevent me from it, and I swear that I should not allow anyone in this city to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ falsely.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When I promise and see that something else is better, I expiate by offering a sacrifice and perform the better action.'"  

الحاكم:٧٨٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ إِبِلًا فَفَرَّقَهَا» فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْمِلْنِي قَالَ «لَا» فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا أَفْعَلُ» قَالَ وَبَقِيَ أَرْبَعٌ غُرُّ الذُّرَى فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوسَى خُذْهُنَّ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَسْتَحِي سَأَلْتُكَ فَمَنَعْتَنِي وَحَلَفْتُ فَأَشْفَقْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي إِذَا حَلَفْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ أَفْضَلُ»  

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