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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأيمان
The Book of Oaths
" مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلْ "
He who took an oath and then found another thing better than (this) should expiate for the oath (broken) by him and do (the better thing).
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