Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears an oath, but then sees that something else is better, let him choose the better thing and offer expiation for his oath.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears an oath about something, but then finds something else to be better, the expiation for that oath is that the person should abandon it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears an oath on something, but then sees that another thing is better than it, then not doing the first thing will itself be the expiation for that oath.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Nadlah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "What do you invite towards?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Towards Allah Almighty and maintaining family ties." I said: "A cousin of mine comes to me and I swear that I will not give him anything, but then I give him something.?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then offer expiation for your oath and choose the better option. Reflect yourself: if you had two slaves, one of whom obeys you, does not betray you, and does not lie to you, while the other betrays and lies to you—" I said: "No, rather the one who does not betray, does not lie, and speaks the truth would be more beloved to me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are also like this in the sight of your Lord."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: O Abdur Rahman bin Samurah! When you swear an oath about something and then consider something else to be better, then choose the better thing and offer expiation for your oath.

Narrated by Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears an oath about something, but then considers something else to be better, let him choose the better thing and offer expiation for his oath.

(Second chain) There is a similar narration, except that in it: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever takes an oath, but then sees something better, let him choose the better thing and leave his oath.

It is narrated from Tamim bin Tarfa, he says: I saw that a man came to Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him for one hundred dirhams. He said: You ask me for one hundred dirhams, while I am the son of Hatim. By Allah! I will not give you. But then he said: If I had not heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say that whoever takes an oath, but then sees something better, he should choose the better thing. (Then I would not have given you anything, but then he gave him four hundred dirhams.)

Zahdam Jarami says: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), and he presented chicken meat. A man from the Banu Taym Allah tribe was also present there; his complexion was red and it seemed as if he was a slave. He did not come near the food. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Come closer, I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) eating this meat. He said: I saw him eating something because of which I felt disgusted and I swore that I would never eat it. He (Abu Musa) said: Come closer, I will also inform you about that. I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a group of Ash'aris; we had come to ask him for mounts, and at that time the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was distributing the camels of zakat. Ayub, the narrator, says: I think that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was angry, and he said: No, by Allah! I will not give you mounts, nor do I have any mounts left. So we went back. Then, when the camels of war booty were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he asked: Where are those Ash'ari people? So we reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he ordered for us five white-humped camels. We took them and went back. I (Abu Musa) said to my companions: When we went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask for mounts, he swore that he would not give us mounts, but then he sent for us and gave us mounts. I said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has forgotten about his oath. By Allah! If we have made the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forget his oath, we will never succeed. Take us to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that we may remind him of his oath. So we returned and said: O Messenger of Allah! We came to you to ask for mounts, but you swore that you would not give us mounts, then you gave us mounts. Now we thought that perhaps you had forgotten about your oath. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go, Allah Almighty has given you mounts. As for me, by Allah, whenever I swear an oath and then see something else better, I choose that and offer expiation for my oath.

. (Second chain) There is a similar narration, except that in it: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But I choose that which is better and offer expiation for my oath. Or he said: Indeed, I offer expiation for my oath and choose that which is better.