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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأيمان
The Book of Oaths
" مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيَتْرُكْ يَمِينَهُ "
He who took an oath, but he found something else better than that, should do that which is better and break his oath.
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