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صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كِتَاب الْقَسَامَةِ
The Book of Oaths
باب نَدْبِ مَنْ حَلَفَ يَمِينًا فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ:
Chapter: It is recommended for the one who swears an oath then sees that something else is better than it; To do that which is better and offer expiation for his oath
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4263
حدثنا خلف بن هشام ، وقتيبة بن سعيد واللفظ لخلف، ويحيى بن حبيب الحارثي ، قالوا: حدثنا حماد بن زيد ، عن غيلان بن جرير ، عن ابي بردة ، عن ابي موسى الاشعري ، قال: اتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في رهط من الاشعريين نستحمله، فقال: " والله لا احملكم وما عندي ما احملكم عليه "، قال: فلبثنا ما شاء الله، ثم اتي بإبل فامر لنا بثلاث ذود غر الذرى، فلما انطلقنا قلنا، او قال بعضنا لبعض لا يبارك الله لنا اتينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نستحمله، فحلف ان لا يحملنا، ثم حملنا فاتوه فاخبروه، فقال: ما انا حملتكم ولكن الله حملكم، وإني والله إن شاء الله لا احلف على يمين، ثم ارى خيرا منها إلا كفرت عن يميني واتيت الذي هو خير ".
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported: I came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) along with a group of Ash'arites requesting to give us a mount. He (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I cannot provide you with a mount, and there is nothing with me which I should give you as a ride. He (the narrator) said: We stayed there as long as Allah willed. Then there were brought to him (to the Holy Prophet) camels. He (the Holy Prophet) then ordered to give us three white humped camels, We started and said (or some of us said to the others): Allah will not bless us. We came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) begging him to provide us with riding camels. He swore that he could not provide us with a mount, but later on he provided us with that. They (some of the Prophet's Companions) came and informed him about this (rankling of theirs), whereupon he said: It was not I who provided you with a mount, but Allah has provided you with that. So far as I am concerned, by Allah, if He so wills, I would not swear, but if, later on, I would see better than it, I (would break the vow) and expiate it and do that which is better.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4264
حدثنا عبد الله بن براد الاشعري ، ومحمد بن العلاء الهمداني وتقاربا في اللفظ، قالا: حدثنا ابو اسامة ، عن بريد ، عن ابي بردة ، عن ابي موسى ، قال: " ارسلني اصحابي إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم اساله لهم الحملان إذ هم معه في جيش العسرة وهي غزوة تبوك فقلت: يا نبي الله، إن اصحابي ارسلوني إليك لتحملهم، فقال: والله لا احملكم على شيء، ووافقته وهو غضبان ولا اشعر، فرجعت حزينا من منع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ومن مخافة ان يكون رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد وجد في نفسه علي، فرجعت إلى اصحابي فاخبرتهم الذي، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فلم البث إلا سويعة إذ سمعت بلالا ينادي اي عبد الله بن قيس، فاجبته، فقال: اجب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يدعوك، فلما اتيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: خذ هذين القرينين، وهذين القرينين، وهذين القرينين لستة ابعرة ابتاعهن حينئذ من سعد، فانطلق بهن إلى اصحابك فقل إن الله، او قال إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحملكم على هؤلاء فاركبوهن، قال ابو موسى: فانطلقت إلى اصحابي بهن، فقلت: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحملكم على هؤلاء، ولكن والله لا ادعكم حتى ينطلق معي بعضكم إلى من سمع مقالة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين سالته لكم ومنعه في اول مرة، ثم إعطاءه إياي بعد ذلك لا تظنوا اني حدثتكم شيئا لم يقله، فقالوا لي: والله إنك عندنا لمصدق ولنفعلن ما احببت، فانطلق ابو موسى بنفر منهم حتى اتوا الذين سمعوا، قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ومنعه إياهم، ثم إعطاءهم بعد فحدثوهم بما حدثهم به ابو موسى سواء ".
Abu Musa reported: My friends sent me to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asking him to provide them with mounts as they were going along with him in jaish al-'Usrah (the army of destitutes or of meagre means or army setting out during the hard times and that is the occasion of the expedition of Tabuk) I said: Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , my friends have sent me to you so that you may provide them with mounts. He (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I cannot provide you with anything to ride. And it so happened that he was at that time much perturbed. I little knew of it, so I came back with a heavy heart on account of the refusal of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and the fear that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) might have some feelings against me. I returned to my friends and informed them about what Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said. I had hardly stayed for a little that I heard Bilal (RA) calling: 'Abdullah bin Qais (RA) . I responded to his call. He said: Hasten to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , he is calling you. When I came to the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) he said: Take this pair, this pair, and this pair (i. e. six camels which he had bought from Sa'd), and take them to your friends and say: Verily Allah (or he said: Verily Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has provided you with these animals. So ride upon them. Abu Musa said: I went along with them to my friends and said: Verily Allah's messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has provided you with these animals for riding; but by Allah, I shall not leave you until some of you go along with me to him who had heard the talk of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) when I asked him for you, and his refusal for the first time, and then his granting them to me subsequently; so you should not think that I narrated to you something which he did not say. They said to me: By Allah, in our opinion you are certainly truthful, and we would do as you like. So Abu Musa went along with some of the men from them until they came to those who had heard the words of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his refusal to (provide) them with (animals); and subsequently his granting (the animals) to them; and they narrated to them exactly as Abu Musa had narrated to them.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4265
حدثني ابو الربيع العتكي ، حدثنا حماد يعني ابن زيد ، عن ايوب ، عن ابي قلابة ، وعن القاسم بن عاصم ، عن زهدم الجرمي ، قال: ايوب وانا لحديث القاسم احفظ مني لحديث ابي قلابة، قال: " كنا عند ابي موسى ، فدعا بمائدته وعليها لحم دجاج، فدخل رجل من بني تيم الله احمر شبيه بالموالي، فقال له: هلم فتلكا، فقال: هلم فإني قد رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ياكل منه، فقال: الرجل إني رايته ياكل شيئا، فقذرته فحلفت ان لا اطعمه، فقال: هلم احدثك عن ذلك إني اتيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في رهط من الاشعريين نستحمله، فقال: والله لا احملكم وما عندي ما احملكم عليه، فلبثنا ما شاء الله، فاتي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بنهب إبل، فدعا بنا فامر لنا بخمس ذود غر الذرى، قال: فلما انطلقنا، قال: بعضنا لبعض اغفلنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يمينه لا يبارك لنا، فرجعنا إليه فقلنا: يا رسول الله، إنا اتيناك نستحملك وإنك حلفت ان لا تحملنا، ثم حملتنا افنسيت يا رسول الله، قال: إني والله إن شاء الله لا احلف على يمين، فارى غيرها خيرا منها، إلا اتيت الذي هو خير وتحللتها، فانطلقوا فإنما حملكم الله عز وجل "،
Ayyub said: We were sitting in the company of Abu Musa that he called for food and it consisted of flesh of fowl. It was then that a person from Banu Tamim visited him. His complexion was red having the resemblance of a slave. He said to him: Come and (join me in food). He showed reluctance. He (Abu Musa) said: Come on, for I saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) eating it (fowl's meat), whereupon that person said: I saw it eating something (of filth and rubbish) and I found it repugnant and took an oath that I would never eat that. He (Abu Muds) said: Come, so that I would narrate to you about that (the incident pertaining to vow). (And he narrated thus): I came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) along with a group of people belonging to the tribe of Ash'ari, asking him to provide us with riding camels. He (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I cannot provide you with riding animals. And there is nothing with me with which I can provide you a mount. We stayed (for some time) there as Allah willed, and there was brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) booty of camels. He called us and commanded that we should be given five white humped camels. As we were about to go back, some of us said to the other: As we made Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forget oath, there would be no blessing for us (in his gift). We went back to him and said: Allah's Messenger, we came to you to provide us with riding animals and you took an oath that you would never equip us with mounts and then you have provided us with the riding beasts Allali's Messenger, have you forgotten? Thereupon he said: I swear by Allah that if Allah so wills, I shall not swear an oath, and then consider something else to be better than it without making atonement for my oath and doing the thing that is better. So you go; Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has given you riding animals.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4266
وحدثنا ابن ابي عمر ، حدثنا عبد الوهاب الثقفي ، عن ايوب ، عن ابي قلابة ، والقاسم التميمي ، عن زهدم الجرمي ، قال: كان بين هذا الحي من جرم وبين الاشعريين ود وإخاء، فكنا عند ابي موسى الاشعري ، فقرب إليه طعام فيه لحم دجاج فذكر نحوه.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari with a slight variation of words.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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وحدثني علي بن حجر السعدي ، وإسحاق بن إبراهيم ، وابن نمير ، عن إسماعيل بن علية ، عن ايوب ، عن القاسم التميمي ، عن زهدم الجرمي . ح وحدثنا ابن ابي عمر ، حدثنا سفيان ، عن ايوب ، عن ابي قلابة ، عن زهدم الجرمي . ح، وحدثني ابو بكر بن إسحاق ، حدثنا عفان بن مسلم ، حدثنا وهيب ، حدثنا ايوب ، عن ابي قلابة ، والقاسم ، عن زهدم الجرمي ، قال: كنا عند ابي موسى ، واقتصوا جميعا الحديث بمعنى حديث حماد بن زيد،
Zahdam al-Jarmi reported: We were in the company of Abu Musa. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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وحدثنا شيبان بن فروخ ، حدثنا الصعق يعني ابن حزن ، حدثنا مطر الوراق ، حدثنا زهدم الجرمي ، قال: دخلت على ابي موسى وهو ياكل لحم دجاج وساق الحديث بنحو حديثهم وزاد فيه، قال: إني والله ما نسيتها.
Zahdam al-Jarmi reported: I visited Abu Musa and he was eating fowl's meat. The rest of the hadith is the same with this addition that he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Allah, I did not forget it.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4269
وحدثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم ، اخبرنا جرير ، عن سليمان التيمي ، عن ضريب بن نقير القيسي ، عن زهدم ، عن ابي موسى الاشعري ، قال: اتينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نستحمله، فقال: " ما عندي ما احملكم والله ما احملكم، ثم بعث إلينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بثلاثة ذود بقع الذرى، فقلنا إنا اتينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نستحمله فحلف ان لا يحملنا، فاتيناه فاخبرناه، فقال: إني لا احلف على يمين ارى غيرها خيرا منها، إلا اتيت الذي هو خير "،
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported: We came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) requesting him to provide us with riding camels. He (the Holy Prophet) said: There is nothing with me with which I should equip you. By Allah, I would not provide you with (riding camels). Then Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sent to us three camels with spotted bumps. We said: We came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) asking him to equip us with riding animals. He took an oath that he could not equip us. We came to him and informed him. He said: By Allah, I do not take an oath, but when I find the other thing better than that, I do that which is better.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1649, Shamela: 4270
حدثنا محمد بن عبد الاعلى التيمي ، حدثنا المعتمر ، عن ابيه ، حدثنا ابو السليل ، عن زهدم يحدثه، عن ابي موسى ، قال: كنا مشاة، فاتينا نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نستحمله بنحو حديث جرير.
Abu Musa reported: We walked on foot and came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace he upon him) asking him to provide us with mounts. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1649

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1650, Shamela: 4271
حدثني زهير بن حرب ، حدثنا مروان بن معاوية الفزاري ، اخبرنا يزيد بن كيسان ، عن ابي حازم ، عن ابي هريرة ، قال: " اعتم رجل عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ثم رجع إلى اهله، فوجد الصبية قد ناموا، فاتاه اهله بطعامه، فحلف لا ياكل من اجل صبيته، ثم بدا له، فاكل فاتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فذكر ذلك له، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من حلف على يمين، فراى غيرها خيرا منها، فلياتها وليكفر عن يمينه ".
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: A person sat late in the night with Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and then came to his family and found that his children had gone to sleep. His wife brought food for him, but he took an oath that he would not eat because of his children (having gone to sleep without food) He then gave precedence (of breaking the vow and then expiating it) and ate the food. He then came to Allah s Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and made mention of that to him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: He who took an oath and (later on) found something better than that should do that, and expiate for (breaking) his vow.

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1650

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
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Numbering by, Abdul Baqi: 1650, Shamela: 4272
وحدثني ابو الطاهر ، حدثنا عبد الله بن وهب ، اخبرني مالك ، عن سهيل بن ابي صالح ، عن ابيه ، عن ابي هريرة ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: " من حلف على يمين، فراى غيرها خيرا منها، فليكفر عن يمينه وليفعل ".
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: He who took an oath and then found another thing better than (this) should expiate for the oath (broken) by him and do (the better thing).

Numbering by Fuad Abdul Baqi: 1650

حكم: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة