Hadith #513
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْ
أَلُهُ مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَالَ تَسْأَلُنِي مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ وَأَنَا ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَاللَّهِ لَا أُعْطِيكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ثُمَّ رَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلَيَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
سماك
تميم بن طرفة
عدي بن حاتم
English Translation
Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us, Simāk narrated to us, from Tamīm ibn Ṭarafah, who said: I heard ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim رضي الله عنه — and a man came to him asking for a hundred dirhams. He said: 'You ask me for a hundred dirhams while I am the son of Ḥātim? By Allah, I won't give you.' Then he said: 'Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: Whoever swears an oath then sees something better than it, let him do what is better [and leave his oath].'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 513
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17551
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53941