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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: 1651 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1272

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[4275] 15 - (1651) It was narrated that Tamîm bin Tarafah said: "A man came to 'Adiyy bin Hâtim and asked him for the price of a servant, or part of the price of a servant. He said: 'I do not have anything to give you except my coat of mail and my helmet, but I will write to my family and tell them to give you these two things.' He did not accept that, and 'Adiyy got angry. He said: 'By Allāh, I will not give you anything!' Then the man accepted it, and he said: 'By Allāh, were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Whoever swears an oath then sees something that is more favored by Allāh the Mighty and Sublime, than it, let him do that which is more favored by Allāh," I would not have broken my oath."

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15 - (1651) حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ سَائِلٌ إِلَى عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، فَسَأَلَهُ نَفَقَةً فِي ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ - أَوْ فِي بَعْضِ ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ - فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أُعْطِيكَ إِلَّا دِرْعِي، وَمِغْفَرِي، فَأَكْتُبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي أَنْ يُعْطُوكَهَا، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَرْضَ، فَغَضِبَ عَدِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَا أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ رَضِيَ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ، ثُمَّ رَأَى أَتْقَى لِلَّهِ مِنْهَا، فَلْيَأْتِ التَّقْوَى» مَا حَنَّثْتُ يَمِينِي

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