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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, 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 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 Messenger (ﷺ) , 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 Messenger (ﷺ) 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 Messenger (ﷺ) 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 nothing 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

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا عبد الوهاب، عن ايوب، عن ابي قلابة، والقاسم التميمي، عن زهدم، قال كان بين هذا الحى من جرم وبين الاشعريين ود واخاء، فكنا عند ابي موسى الاشعري، فقرب اليه طعام فيه لحم دجاج وعنده رجل من بني تيم الله احمر كانه من الموالي، فدعاه الى الطعام فقال اني رايته ياكل شييا فقذرته، فحلفت ان لا اكله. فقال قم فلاحدثنك عن ذاك، اني اتيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في نفر من الاشعريين نستحمله فقال " والله لا احملكم، وما عندي ما احملكم ". فاتي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بنهب ابل فسال عنا. فقال " اين النفر الاشعريون ". فامر لنا بخمس ذود غر الذرى، فلما انطلقنا قلنا ما صنعنا حلف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يحملنا وما عنده ما يحملنا ثم حملنا، تغفلنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يمينه، والله لا نفلح ابدا، فرجعنا اليه فقلنا له انا اتيناك لتحملنا فحلفت ان لا تحملنا، وما عندك ما تحملنا. فقال " اني لست انا حملتكم، ولكن الله حملكم، والله لا احلف على يمين فارى غيرها خيرا منها، الا اتيت الذي هو خير وتحللتها