Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 206
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “When you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, make expiation for your oath and do the thing that is better.”.
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
“من حلف على يمين، فرأى غيرها خيرًا منها، فليكفر عن يمينه، وليفعل الذي هو خير” ((رواه مسلم)).
“من حلف على يمين، فرأى غيرها خيرًا منها، فليكفر عن يمينه، وليفعل الذي هو خير” ((رواه مسلم)).
Riyad as-Salihin: Book 17, Hadith 206
Riyad as-Salihin, The Gardens of the Righteous is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi in the 12th century. The work was composed over a 44 year period and consists of around 1900 hadith split into 20 books.
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