We were with Abu Musa when a chicken was mentioned. With him was a red-skinned man from Banu Taym Allah who appeared to be of the freedmen. Abu Musa invited him to eat, but he said, "I once saw a chicken eating something filthy and I found it disgusting, so I swore I would never eat it."Abu Musa said, "Come, let me tell you about that. I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a group of the Asharis, asking him to provide us with mounts. He said, 'By Allah, I will not give you mounts, and I have nothing to mount you on.'Then some captured camels were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the Ashari group?' He ordered that we be given five camels with white humps.When we set off, we said to ourselves, 'What have we done? There will be no blessing for us in this.' So we returned to him and said, 'We asked you to mount us, and you swore you would not mount us. Have you forgotten?'He said, 'It was not I who mounted you, rather Allah mounted you. By Allah, if Allah wills, I never swear an oath and then see something better than it without doing what is better and absolving myself of the oath.'"
حدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الوهاب حدثنا حماد حدثنا أيوب عن أبي قلابة قال وحدثني القاسم بن عاصم الكليبي وأنا لحديث القاسم أحفظ
كنا عند أبي موسى فأتي ذكر دجاجة وعنده رجل من بني تيم الله أحمر كأنه من الموالي فدعاه للطعام فقال إني رأيته يأكل شيئا فقذرته فحلفت لا آكل فقال هلم فلأحدثكم عن ذاك إني أتيت النبي ﷺ في نفر من الأشعريين نستحمله فقال والله لا أحملكم وما عندي ما أحملكم وأتي رسول الله ﷺ بنهب إبل فسأل عنا فقال أين النفر الأشعريون فأمر لنا بخمس ذود غر الذرى فلما انطلقنا قلنا ما صنعنا لا يبارك لنا فرجعنا إليه فقلنا إنا سألناك أن تحملنا فحلفت أن لا تحملنا أفنسيت قال لست أنا حملتكم ولكن الله حملكم وإني والله إن شاء الله لا أحلف على يمين فأرى غيرها خيرا منها إلا أتيت الذي هو خير وتحللتها