Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2108

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

ʿAli ibn Muhammad and ʿAbdullah ibn ʿAmir ibn Zurarah narrated to us; they said: Abu Bakr ibn ʿAyyash narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Rufiʿ, from Tamim ibn Tarfah, from ʿAdi ibn Hatim, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever swears an oath and then sees that something else is better should do what is better and expiate for his oath.’