Sahih al-Bukhari 6722
To make expiation for one’s oath
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حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ:
«لاَ تَسْأَلِ الإِمَارَةَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا، وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا.» «وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ.»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh
- ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar b. Fāris
- Ibn ʿAwn
- al-Ḥasan
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Samurah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it.” “And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for your oath."
Notes
Similar has been narrated by Ash-hal > Ibn ʿAwn; and narrated by Yūnus, Simāk b. ʿAṭtiyyah b. Ḥarb, Ḥumayd, Qatādah, Manṣūr, and Hishām
تَابَعَهُ أَشْهَلُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ وَتَابَعَهُ يُونُسُ وَسِمَاكُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ وَسِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَحُمَيْدٌ وَقَتَادَةُ وَمَنْصُورٌ وَهِشَامٌ وَالرَّبِيعُ
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Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3782Musnad Ahmad 20629Sunan ad-Darimi 2392Sahih Ibn Hibban 4479al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20004al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4716
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 50 AH, or: 51 AHعَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن سَمُرَة العَبْشَمِيصحابيعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AHالْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. 150 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 152 AHابْنُ عَوْنٍثقة ثبت فاضلأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah). It was said: Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd was not pleased with himd. 207 AH, or 208 AH, or 209 AHعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ فَارِسٍثقة . قيل : كان يحيى بن سعيد لا يرضاهحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, or 260 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة حافظحدثني
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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