Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 316 of 372
Desirability of Expiating the Oath taken by a Person who afterwards Breaks it for a better Alternative
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 316 : Ahadith 1715 – 1718
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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1715 `Abdur-Rahman bin Samurah (radiyallahu anhu) 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].
1716 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) 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].
1717 Abu Musa (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Verily, I swear by Allah, if Allah wills, I shall not swear to do something but that if I consider something else to be better than it, then I shall make expiation for my oath and adopt the thing that is better.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1718 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Persistence in respect of his oath about his family is more sinful with Allah than the payment of its expiation prescribed by Allah.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].