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."  

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.  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Dawud al-Alawi informed me that Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Jameel al-Azdi narrated to us, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn al-Haytham al-Baladi, on the authority of Adam ibn Abi Iyas, on the authority of Hushaym, on the authority of Yunus ibn 'Ubaid, and Mansur ibn Zadhan, and Humaid al-Tawil, on the authority of Al-Hasan that he said: Abdur-Rahman ibn Samurah narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If you take an oath with your right hand, and then you see something better than it, then go to what is better and expiate for your oath."  

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْبَلَدِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا هُشَيْمُ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ وَمَنْصُورُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ وَحُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا آلَيْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ إِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me and Abu Abdullah narrated to us, Abu Bakr Ahmed bin Ishaq Al-Faqih informed me, Ismail bin Qutaybah narrated to us, Yahya bin Yahya informed us, Khaled bin Abdullah narrated from Yunus, from Al-Hassan, from Abdul Rahman bin Samurah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Abdul Rahman, do not seek leadership, for if it is given to you due to your request, you will be responsible for it, and if it is given to you without your request, you will be helped with it. And if you swear an oath on something, then you see something better than it, go to what is better and expiate your oath."  

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ 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 فَائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ