مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith Number 784
Hadith 784
784 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ زَهْدَمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَي الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ، فَأُتِيَ بِذُودٍ غُرِّ الذُّرَي، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْمِلْنَا، فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَحْمِلَنَا، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِذُودٍ أُخْرَي، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْمِلْنَا، فَحَمَلَنَا، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرْنَا، قُلْنَا: مَاذَا صَنَعْنَا؟ تَغَفَّلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَمِينَهُ، فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَي يَمِينٍ فَأَرَي غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ، وَكَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي»
Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We went to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask him for a riding animal. Some white-humped camels were presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We said: O Messenger of Allah! Please give us for riding. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) swore that he would not give us an animal for riding. Then some other camels were presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We said: O Messenger of Allah! Please give us for our riding. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us for riding. When we returned from there, we thought, what have we done? Did we not draw the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) attention to his oath? Then we went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this matter to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whenever I take an oath and then consider something else better than it, I will do what is better and will offer expiation for my oath.”
