Hadith 72

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 0: The Book of Miscellany

Chapter 6

Piety

باب التقوى

Riyad as-Salihin 72
الرابع‏:‏ عن أبي ظريف عدي بن حاتم الطائي رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏ ‏ ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
"‏من حلف على يمين ثم رأى أتقى لله منها فليأت التقوى‏"
'Adi bin Hatim At-Ta'i (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "He who has taken an oath (to do something) but found something else better than that (which brings him closer to Allah), then he should do that which is better in piety (and he should expiate for the breaking of oath)".[Muslim].