Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3793
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ حَلَفَ فَاسْتَثْنَى فَإِنْ شَاءَ مَضَى وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَ غَيْرَ حَنِثٍ " .
Translation
Ahmad ibn Saʿid informed me; he said: Hibban narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-Warith narrated to us; he said: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Whoever swears an oath and makes an exception may either carry it out or leave it, as he wishes, without being in breach of the oath.’