رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1716
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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
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
من حلف على يمين، فرأى غيرها خيرًا منها، فليكفر عن يمينه، وليفعل الذي هو خير
((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, make expiation for your oath and do the thing that is better." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1716 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 206 under the chapter “Desirability of Expiating the Oath taken by a Person who afterwards Breaks it for a better Alternative.”
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