At a glance
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
«مَن حَلفَ بِيَمينٍ، فَرَأى غَيرَها خَيْرًا مِنْها، فَلْيُكفِّرْ عَن يَمِينِهِ، وَلْيَفْعلِ الَّذِي هُو خَيْرُ»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Summary
Malik transmits from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him), that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: whoever swears an oath then sees something else better than it, let him expiate his oath and do what is better. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Vows and Oaths. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, Abu Salih al-Sammam, Abu Hurayra. Built on in the chapters on expiation (kaffara).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Vows and Oaths (nudhur wal-ayman)
- Mentions
- Suhayl ibn Abi Salih· Abu Salih al-Sammam· Abu Hurayra
- Basis for
- Expiation (kaffara)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 815· Muwatta 1364· Muwatta 1366· Muwatta 1367· Muwatta 1368· Muwatta 1369· Muwatta 1370· Muwatta 1371
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.613
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1373”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-8-1373/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.