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Abu Bakr As-Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he
said, "If I take an oath to do something and later on I find something else better than the first one, then
I do what is better and make expiation for my oath."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 83, Hadith 1
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I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Day of (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, carrying earth with us and saying, "By
Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have fasted, nor would we
have prayed. O Allah! Send down Sakina (calmness) upon us and make our feet firm when we meet
(the enemy). The pagans have rebelled against us, but if they want to put us in affliction (i.e., fight us)
we refuse (to flee)." (See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 5).
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given
authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for it,
then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and later you
find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation for your
oath."