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Jami` at-Tirmidhi
كتاب النذور والأيمان عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
The Book on Vows and Oaths
" مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلْ "
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever takes an oath, and then he sees that something else is better than it, then he should make atonement for his oath and then do it."
More from The Book on Vows and Oaths
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 1531
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever swears about an oath and says: 'If Allah wills (Insha Allah), then there is no breaking of the oath against him."
- Hadith 1528
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The atonement of a vow when it is not specified is the atonement of an oath."
- Hadith 1527
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is not for a person to vow about that over which he has no control."
- Hadith 1547
"Any Muslim man who frees a Muslim man, then it is his salvation from the Fire - each of his limbs suffices for a limb of himself. And any Muslim man that…
- Hadith 1536
"A Woman vowed to walk to the House of Allah, so the Prophet (ﷺ) asked about that, and he said: 'Verily Allah is in no need of her walking, order her to ride.'"
- Hadith 1537
Another Chain from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man, and he mentioned similarly.