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Sunan an-Nasai 3780 (Book 35, Hadith 20) #18395
Keeping Promises and Offering Expiation

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) swore by Allah that he would not give a group of people animals to ride, but then gave them three camels. He explained that it was Allah who gave them the camels and not him, and offered expiation for his oath.

It was narrated that Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah with a group of the Ash'ari people and asked him to give us animals to ride. He said: 'By Allah, I cannot give you anything to ride and I have nothing to give you to ride'. We stayed as long as Allah willed, then some camels were brought to him. He ordered that we be given three fine-looking camels. When we left, we said to one another: 'We came to the Messenger of Allah to ask him for animals to ride, and he swore by Allah that he would not give us anything to ride, then he gave us something'." Abu Musa said: "We came to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: 'I did not give you animals to ride, rather Allah gave you them to ride. By Allah, I do not swear an oath and then see something better than it, but I offer expiation for my oath and do that which is better'."
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَحْمِلُكُمْ وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ لَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَأُتِيَ بِإِبِلٍ فَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِثَلاَثِ ذَوْدٍ فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقْنَا قَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ لاَ يُبَارِكُ اللَّهُ لَنَا أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَسْتَحْمِلُهُ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لاَ يَحْمِلَنَا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا أَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ بَلِ اللَّهُ حَمَلَكُمْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلاَّ كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ
TOPICS
wad  *  oath  *  expiation  *  promise  *  giving  *  yamin  *  kaffarah  *  atam

QUICK LESSONS:
Keep your promises even if you cannot fulfill them in full or if something better comes along afterwards; offer expiations when necessary; be honest with yourself & others about your abilities & limitations in fulfilling obligations & promises .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of keeping one's promises and offering expiation when necessary. In this hadith, a group of people asked the Prophet Muhammad for animals to ride on, but he swore by Allah that he could not give them anything to ride on. However, later some camels were brought to him and he ordered that they be given three fine-looking camels instead. When they told him about this afterwards, he explained that it was Allah who gave them the camels rather than himself and offered expiation for his oath as well as doing something better than what he originally promised. This teaches us how important it is to keep our promises even if we cannot fulfill them in full or if something better comes along afterwards; we should still offer expiation for our oaths if necessary and do something better than what we originally promised instead.

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