There was bonds of friendship and brotherhood between this clan of Jarm and the Asharis. We were once with Abu Musa Ashari when food was brought to him containing chicken meat. There was a man from Banu Taym Allah present who appeared to be from the freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to eat with him.The man said, "I once saw it eating something I found 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 Asharis asking him to provide us with mounts.He said, 'By Allah, I will not give you mounts, and I have nothing with which to mount you.'Then some captured camels were brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he asked about us, saying, 'Where are the Ashari group?' He ordered that we be given five fine camels with white humps.When we set off, we said to one another, 'What have we done? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ swore he would not provide us with mounts, and he had nothing with which to mount us, then he gave us mounts. We took advantage of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ forgetting his oath. By Allah, we will never prosper.'So we returned to him and told him what we had said.He replied, 'It was not I who gave you mounts, but Allah who gave you mounts. By Allah, whenever I swear an oath and then see something better than it, I do the better thing and absolve myself of the oath.'"
حدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الوهاب حدثنا عبد الوهاب حدثنا أيوب عن أبي قلابة والقاسم التميمي
كان بين هذا الحي من جرم وبين الأشعريين ود وإخاء فكنا عند أبي موسى الأشعري فقرب إليه الطعام فيه لحم دجاج وعنده رجل من بني تيم الله كأنه من الموالي فدعاه إليه فقال إني رأيته يأكل شيئا فقذرته فحلفت لا آكله فقال هلم فلأحدثك عن ذاك إني أتيت النبي ﷺ في نفر من الأشعريين نستحمله قال والله لا أحملكم وما عندي ما أحملكم فأتي النبي ﷺ بنهب إبل فسأل عنا فقال أين النفر الأشعريون فأمر لنا بخمس ذود غر الذرى ثم انطلقنا قلنا ما صنعنا حلف رسول الله ﷺ أن لا يحملنا وما عنده ما يحملنا ثم حملنا تغفلنا رسول الله ﷺ يمينه والله لا نفلح أبدا فرجعنا إليه فقلنا له فقال لست أنا أحملكم ولكن الله حملكم وإني والله لا أحلف على يمين فأرى غيرها خيرا منها إلا أتيت الذي هو خير منه وتحللتها