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It Is Recommended For The One Who Swears An Oath Then Sees That Something Else Is Better Than It, To Do That Which Is Better And Offer Expiation For His Oath

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Oaths

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الحديث: 1649 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1268

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[4263] 7 - (1649) It was narrated that Abû Mûsâ Al-Asha'rî said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ among a group of the Asha'ris to ask him for mounts. He said: 'By Allâh, I will not give you mounts, and I do not have anything to give you as mounts.' As much time as Allâh willed passed, then some camels were brought, and he ordered that we be given three camels with white humps. When we set out we said" - or "we said to one another" - 'Allâh will not bless us. We came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ to ask him for mounts and he swore that he would not give us mounts, then he gave us mounts.'" So they went to him and told him, and he said: "It was not me who gave you mounts, rather Allâh gave you mounts. By Allâh, if Allâh wills, I do not swear an oath then see something better than that, but I expiate my oath and do that which is better."

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7 - (1649) حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِخَلَفٍ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ، فَقَالَ: «وَاللهِ لَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ، وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ»، قَالَ: فَلَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ، فَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِثَلَاثِ ذَوْدٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَى، فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقْنَا قُلْنَا: - أَوْ قَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: - لَا يُبَارِكُ اللهُ لَنَا، أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ، فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا، ثُمَّ حَمَلَنَا، فَأَتَوْهُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ: «مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَمَلَكُمْ، وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ، ثُمَّ أَرَى خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي، وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ»

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