Sahih Muslim
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Chapter 29 · The Book Of Oathsحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رُفَيْعٍ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ سَائِلٌ إِلَى عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، فَسَأَلَهُ نَفَقَةً فِي ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ - أَوْ فِي بَعْضِ ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ - فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أُعْطِيكَ إِلَّا دِرْعِي، وَمِغْفَرِي، فَأَكْتُبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي أَنْ يُعْطُوكَهَا، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَرْضَ، فَغَضِبَ عَدِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَا أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ رَضِيَ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ، ثُمَّ رَأَى أَتْقَى لِلَّهِ مِنْهَا، فَلْيَأْتِ التَّقْوَى» مَا حَنَّثْتُ يَمِينِي.
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
A beggar came to 'Adi bin Hatim رضی اللہ عنہ and he begged him to give him the price of a slave, or some portion of the price of the slave. He ('Adi) said: I have nothing to give you except my coat-of-mail and helmet. I will, however, write to my family to give that to you, but he did not agree to that. Thereupon 'Adi رضی اللہ عنہ was enraged, and said: By Allah, I will not give you anything. The person (then) agreed to accept that, whereupon he said: By Allah, had I not heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saying: He who took an oath, but then found something more pious in the sight of Allah, he should (break the oath) and do that which is more pious, I would not have broken the oath (and thus paid you anything).