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Wa`alaikum salaam warahmatullaah.
That's not an oath, akhy. I'm sure everyone else does this as well. It's like saying to your mom, "I'll eat dinner at 7 o'clock," and then eating at 8 or not eating at all. You didn't swear to it, or say it with conviction. It seems no different than anything we would say in our daily lives. Maybe it would've been much better if you followed your statement with inshaa'Allaah though.
Someone asked shaykh`Uthaymeen: What is the meaning of the Hadeeth Of Ibn-'Umar, may Allaah be pleased with Him, which states that the Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said:"Whoever swears upon an oath, saying: "If Allaah wills," he has not broken his oath." (Abu Dawud no. 3261, 3262 and At-Tirmithi no. 1531)
And he answered:
The meaning of this Hadeeth is that if a person swears to something and he adds the words "If Allaah wills", and then he breaks the oath, there is no atonement incumbent upon him. Such as by saying: "By Allaah, if Allaah wills, I will certainly do such-and-such," then he does not do it. Or: "By Allaah, if Allaah wills it, I will certainly not do such-and-such," then he does it. In this case, there is no atonement incumbent upon him, because he said: "If Allaah wills." Based upon this it is desirable for a person who swears something to link his oath to the words: "If Allaah wills", so that if it was difficult for him to fulfil his oath, there would not be any atonement incumbent upon him.
There is another benefit in the one who swears saying: "If Allaah wills", which is that he makes the thing he swore easier to accomplish, because he entrusted the matter to Allaah, Most High and Allaah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful has said:
"And whosoever puts his trust in Allaah, than He will suffice him. Verily, Allaah will accomplish His purpose. Indeed Allaah has set a measure for all things." [At-Talaq 65:3]
Fatawa Islamiyah, The book of Oaths, Vol. 6, pp. 371-372, DARUSSALAM
You can more about vows (an-Nadhr) and oaths (Yameen) here: http://islamqa.com/en/2587
That's not an oath, akhy. I'm sure everyone else does this as well. It's like saying to your mom, "I'll eat dinner at 7 o'clock," and then eating at 8 or not eating at all. You didn't swear to it, or say it with conviction. It seems no different than anything we would say in our daily lives. Maybe it would've been much better if you followed your statement with inshaa'Allaah though.
Someone asked shaykh`Uthaymeen: What is the meaning of the Hadeeth Of Ibn-'Umar, may Allaah be pleased with Him, which states that the Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said:"Whoever swears upon an oath, saying: "If Allaah wills," he has not broken his oath." (Abu Dawud no. 3261, 3262 and At-Tirmithi no. 1531)
And he answered:
The meaning of this Hadeeth is that if a person swears to something and he adds the words "If Allaah wills", and then he breaks the oath, there is no atonement incumbent upon him. Such as by saying: "By Allaah, if Allaah wills, I will certainly do such-and-such," then he does not do it. Or: "By Allaah, if Allaah wills it, I will certainly not do such-and-such," then he does it. In this case, there is no atonement incumbent upon him, because he said: "If Allaah wills." Based upon this it is desirable for a person who swears something to link his oath to the words: "If Allaah wills", so that if it was difficult for him to fulfil his oath, there would not be any atonement incumbent upon him.
There is another benefit in the one who swears saying: "If Allaah wills", which is that he makes the thing he swore easier to accomplish, because he entrusted the matter to Allaah, Most High and Allaah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful has said:
"And whosoever puts his trust in Allaah, than He will suffice him. Verily, Allaah will accomplish His purpose. Indeed Allaah has set a measure for all things." [At-Talaq 65:3]
Fatawa Islamiyah, The book of Oaths, Vol. 6, pp. 371-372, DARUSSALAM
You can more about vows (an-Nadhr) and oaths (Yameen) here: http://islamqa.com/en/2587