Breaking The Oath When That Is Better
Darussalam · Volume 4
21. THE BOOK OFOATHS AND VOWSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3277 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 229
Source no. 3277 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
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3277. It was narrated from Yūnus, and Manšūr, meaning Ibn Zādhān, from Al-Hasan, from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Samurah who said: "The Prophet ﷺ said to me: 'O 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Samurah, if you swear an oath, and then see that something else is better than it, then do that which is better, and offer expiation for your oath.”(Sahih) Abū Dāwud said: “I heard Aḥmad granting a concession allowing expiation before breaking the oath.”
3277 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، وَمَنْصُورٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَاذَانَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ، إِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ، وَكَفِّرْ يَمِينَكَ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ، يُرَخِّصُ فِيهَا الْكَفَّارَةَ قَبْلَ الْحِنْثِ،
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If a person has taken an oath for something, but due to religious and moral considerations, he changes his mind in favor of doing a thing which is better, he should do what is better and expiate his oath. As to the timing of expiation, he is free to do it either before implementing the new option or after it.