Volume 9, Book 93, Number 644:
Narrated Zahdam:
There were good relations and brotherhood between this tribe of Jurm and the Ash’ariyyin. Once,
while we were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, there was brought to him a meal which contained
chicken meat, and there was sitting beside him, a man from the tribe of Bani Taimul-lah who looked
like one of the Mawali. Abu Musa invited the man to eat but the man said, “I have seen chicken eat –
ing some dirty things, and I have taken an oath not to eat chicken.” Abu Musa said to him, “Come
along, let me tell you something in this regard. Once I went to the Prophet with a few men from
Ash’ariyyin and we asked him for mounts. The Prophet said, By Allah, I will not mount you on any –
thing; besides I do not have anything to mount you on.’ Then a few camels from the war booty were
brought to the Prophet, and he asked about us, saying, ‘Where are the group of Ash’ariyyin?’ So he
ordered for five fat camels to be given to us and then we set out. We said, ‘What have we done? Al –
lah’s Apostle took an oath that he would not give us anything to ride and that he had nothing for us
to ride, yet he provided us with mounts. We made Allah’s Apostle forget his oath! By Allah, we will
never be successful.’ So we returned to him and reminded him of his oath. He said, ‘I have not
provided you with the mount, but Allah has done so. By Allah, I may take an oath to do something,
but on finding something else which is better, I do that which is better and make the expiation for
my oath.’ “
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 713:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 714:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 644:
Narrated Zahdam:
There was a relation of love and brotherhood between this tribe of Jarm and Al-Ash’ariyin. Once
we were with Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, and then a meal containing chicken was brought to Abu Musa,
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and there was present, a man from the tribe of Taimillah who was of red complexion as if he were
from non-Arab freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to the meal. He said, “I have seen chickens eating
dirty things, so I deemed it filthy and took an oath that I would never eat chicken.” On that, Abu
Musa said, “Get up, I will narrate to you about that. Once a group of the Ash’ariyin and I went to Al –
lah’s Apostle and asked him to provide us with mounts; he said, ‘By Allah, I will never give you any
mounts nor do I have anything to mount you on.’ Then a few camels of war booty were brought to
Allah’s Apostle , and he asked about us, saying, ‘Where are the Ash-‘ariyin?’ He then ordered five nice
camels to be given to us, and when we had departed, we said, ‘What have we done? Allah’s Apostle
had taken the oath not to give us any mounts, and that he had nothing to mount us on, and later he
gave us that we might ride? Did we take advantage of the fact that Allah’s Apostle had forgotten his
oath? By Allah, we will never succeed.’ So we went back to him and said to him, ‘We came to you to
give us mounts, and you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts and that you had noth –
ing to mount us on.’ On that he said, ‘I did not provide you with mounts, but Allah did. By Allah, if I
take an oath to do something, and then find something else better than it, I do that which is better
and make expiation for the dissolution of the oath.’ “
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 427:
Narrated Zahdam:
We were in the company of Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari and there were friendly relations between us
and this tribe of Jarm. Abu Musa was presented with a dish containing chicken. Among the people
there was sitting a red-faced man who did not come near the food. Abu Musa said (to him), “Come
on (and eat), for I have seen Allah’s Apostle eating of it (i.e. chicken).” He said, “I have seen it eating
something (dirty) and since then I have disliked it, and have taken an oath that I shall not eat it ‘ Abu
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Musa said, “Come on, I will tell you (or narrate to you). Once I went to Allah s Apostle with a group
of Al-Ash’ariyin, and met him while he was angry, distributing some camels of Rakat. We asked for
mounts but he took an oath that he would not give us any mounts, and added, ‘I have nothing to
mount you on’ In the meantime some camels of booty were brought to Allah’s Apostle and he asked
twice, ‘Where are Al-Ash’ariyin?” So he gave us five white camels with big humps. We stayed for a
short while (after we had covered a little distance), and then I said to my companions, “Allah’s
Apostle has forgotten his oath. By Allah, if we do not remind Allah’s Apostle of his oath, we will never
be successful.” So we returned to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We asked you for mounts,
but you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts; we think that you have forgotten your
oath.’ He said, ‘It is Allah Who has given you mounts. By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath
and later find something else better than that. then I do what is better and expiate my oath.’ “
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 361:
Narrated Zahdam:
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Once we were in the house of Abu Musa who presented a meal containing cooked chicken. A man
from the tribe of Bani Taim Allah with red complexion as if he were from the Byzantine war prison –
ers, was present. Abu Musa invited him to share the meal but he (apologised) saying. “I saw chickens
eating dirty things and so I have had a strong aversion to eating them, and have taken an oath that I
will not eat chickens.” Abu Musa said, “Come along, I will tell you about this matter (i.e. how to can –
cel one’s oat ). I went to the Prophet in the company of a group of Al-Ashariyin, asked him to provide
us with means of conveyance. He said, ‘By Allah, I will not provide you with any means of convey –
ance and I have nothing to make you ride on.’ Then some camels as booty were brought to Allah’s
Apostle and he asked for us saying. ‘Where are the group of Al-Ash’ariyun?’ Then he ordered that we
should be given five camels with white humps. When we set out we said, ‘What have we done? We
will never be blessed (with what we have been given).’ So, we returned to the Prophet and said, ‘We
asked you to provide us with means of conveyance, but you took an oath that you would not provide
us with any means of conveyance. Did you forget (your oath when you gave us the camels)? He
replied. ‘I have not provided you with means of conveyance, but Allah has provided you with it, and
by Allah, Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do something, and later on I find that it is more bene –
ficial to do something different, I will do the thing which is better, and give expiation for my oath.”