رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1715
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Chapter 63
Chapter context: Desirability of Expiating the Oath taken by a Person who afterwards Breaks it for a better Alternative
- باب ندب من حلف على يمين فرأى غيرها خيرًا منها أن يفعل ذلك المحلوف عليه ثم يكفر عن يمينه
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Original Arabic
عن عبد الرحمن بن سَمُرَة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :
وإذا حلفت على يمين، فرأيت غيرها خيرًا منها، فائت الذي هو خير، وكفر عن يمينك
((متفق عليه)).
Translation
English translation
'Abdur-Rahman bin Samurah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "When you take an oath and consider something else to be better than it, make expiation for your oath and choose the better alternative." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1715 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 205 under the chapter “Desirability of Expiating the Oath taken by a Person who afterwards Breaks it for a better Alternative.”
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