Hadith / Musnad Ahmad / 774:12
Musnad Ahmad 774:12
The Remainder of the Hadith of ‘Adi bin Hatim (RA)
بقية حديث عدي بن حاتم
Hadith 774:12
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Murrah, who said: I heard 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr narrating from 'Adi ibn Hatim, that a man came to him asking him. He said: So he asked him about something he considered insignificant, so he swore an oath. Then he said: "Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'Whoever swears an oath, then sees something else to be better than it, let him do that which is better, and let him offer expiation for his oath.'" Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: "This is a hadith I have never heard from anyone at all except from my father."
حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، حدثنا شعبة، عن عمرو بن مرة قال: سمعت عبد الله بن عمرو، يحدث عن عدي بن حاتم، أن رجلا جاءه يسأله قال: فسأله عن شيء استقله، فحلف، ثم قال: لولا أني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: " من حلف على يمين، فرأى غيرها خيرا منها، فليأت الذي هو خير، وليكفر عن يمينه " قال أبو عبد الرحمن: " هذا حديث ما سمعته قط من أحد إلا من أبي "