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Umdat al-Ahkam (al-Maqdisi) 365عمدة الأحكام 365
عن أبي موسى - رضي الله عنه - قال: قال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -: «إني والله - إن شاء الله - لا أحلف على يمين، فأرى غيرها خيرا منها إلا أتيت الذي هو خير، وتحللتها».
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: I went along with some men from the Ash-ariyin to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and it happened that I met him while he was in an angry mood. We asked him to provide us with mounts, but he swore that he would not give us any. Later on he said, "By Allah, Allah willing, if ever I take an oath (to do something) and later on I find something else better than the first, then I do the better one and give expiation for the dissolution of my oath."
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Its text is in Sahih al-Bukhari