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Sahih Muslim 1651a (Book 27, Hadith 22) #11386
Breaking Oaths for Piety

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a beggar who asked 'Adi b. Hatim for the price of a slave, but he had nothing to give except his coat-of-mail and helmet. 'Adi was about to break his oath until he remembered the Prophet's saying that one should break their oath if they find something more pious in the sight of Allah.

Tamim b. Tarafa reported: A beggar came to 'Adi b. Hatim and he begged him to give him the price of a slave, or some portion of the price of the slave. He ('Adi) said: I have nothing to give you except my coat-of-mail and helmet. I will, however, write to my family to give that to you, but he did not agree to that. Thereupon 'Adi was enraged, and said: By Allah, I will not give you anything. The person (then) agreed to accept that, whereupon he said: By Allah, had I not heard Allah's Messenger ﷺ saying:" He who took an oath, but then found something more pious in the sight of Allah, he should (break the oath) and do that which is more pious," I would not have broken the oath (and thus paid you anything).
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ رُفَيْعٍ - عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَ سَائِلٌ إِلَى عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ فَسَأَلَهُ نَفَقَةً فِي ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ أَوْ فِي بَعْضِ ثَمَنِ خَادِمٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أُعْطِيكَ إِلاَّ دِرْعِي وَمِغْفَرِي فَأَكْتُبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي أَنْ يُعْطُوكَهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرْضَ فَغَضِبَ عَدِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لاَ أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ رَضِيَ فَقَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ثُمَّ رَأَى أَتْقَى لِلَّهِ مِنْهَا فَلْيَأْتِ التَّقْوَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَا حَنَّثْتُ يَمِينِي
TOPICS
oath  *  piety  *  sacrifice

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive towards piety and pleasing Allah above all else even if it means sacrificing our own promises or commitments .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks of an incident between a beggar and 'Adi b. Hatim, where the beggar asked him for money or some portion of it in exchange for a slave, but all 'Adi could offer was his coat-of-mail and helmet. When 'Adi refused to give anything else, the beggar agreed to accept that as payment, which made 'Adi angry as he was about to break his oath not to pay anything else until he remembered what Prophet Muhammad said - that one should break their oath if they find something more pious in the sight of Allah. This teaches us that we must always strive towards piety even if it means sacrificing our own promises or commitments; this is because pleasing Allah is more important than fulfilling our own promises or commitments when it comes down to it.

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