The Book on Vows and Oaths

كتاب النذور والأيمان عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

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What Has Been Related About It being Disliked To Swear By Other Than Allah

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Hadith 6

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ENGLISH

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever takes an oath, and then he sees that something else is better than it, then he should make atonement for his oath and then do it."

ARABIC

‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلْيَفْعَلْ ‏