To make expiation for one's oath before or after dissolving it.
Darussalam · Volume 8
84 - THE BOOK OF THE EXPIATION OF UNFULFILLED OATHSSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 6722 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 147
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6722. Narrated 'Abdur-Rahmān bin Samura: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "(O ‘Abdur-Raḥmān!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allāh will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it. 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.”
6722 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَسْأَلِ الإِمَارَةَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا، وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا، وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ، فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ، وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ» تَابَعَهُ أَشْهَلُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، وَتَابَعَهُ يُونُسُ، وَسِمَاكُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، وَسِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَحُمَيْدٌ، وَقَتَادَةُ، وَمَنْصُورٌ، وَهِشَامٌ، وَالرَّبِيعُ
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