Narrated `Aisha:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he
said, "If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first one, then
I do what is better and make expiation for my oath."
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given
authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given…
Narrated Abu Musa:
I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with a group of Al-Ash`ariyin in order to request him to provide us with
mounts. He said, "By Allah, I will not provide you with mounts and I haven't got anything to mo…
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَاللَّهِ لأَنْ يَلِجَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِيَمِينِهِ فِي أَهْلِهِ آثَمُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ كَفَّارَتَهُ الَّتِي افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also said: "By Allah, if anyone of you insists on fulfilling an oath by
which he may harm his family, he commits a greater sin in Allah's sight than that of dissolving his
oath and making expiation…
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنِ اسْتَلَجَّ فِي أَهْلِهِ بِيَمِينٍ فَهْوَ أَعْظَمُ إِثْمًا، لِيَبَرَّ ". يَعْنِي الْكَفَّارَةَ.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Anyone who takes an oath through which his family may be harmed, and insists
on keeping it, he surely commits a sin greater (than that of dissolving his oath). He shoul…