Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6680

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ، فَوَافَقْتُهُ وَهْوَ غَضْبَانُ فَاسْتَحْمَلْنَاهُ، فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلَنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لاَ أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، إِلاَّ أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَتَحَلَّلْتُهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Abu Mamr narrated to us; Abd al-Warith narrated to us; Ayyub narrated to us, from al-Qasim, from Zahdam, who said: We were with Abu Musa al-Ashari. He said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a group of Asharis and found him angry. We asked him for mounts, and he swore that he would not provide them. Then he said: By Allah, if Allah wills, whenever I swear an oath and then see that something else is better, I will do what is better and make expiation for my oath.