Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6659, 6660

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَمَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ كَاذِبَةٍ، لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ قَالَ أَخِيهِ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهْوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ ‏" ‏‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَصْدِيقَهُ ‏‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ‏}‏ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَمَرَّ الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فَقَالَ مَا يُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالُوا لَهُ فَقَالَ الأَشْعَثُ نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ، وَفِي صَاحِبٍ لِي، فِي بِئْرٍ كَانَتْ بَيْنَنَا‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to me; Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Sulayman and Mansur, from Abu Wa'il, from Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Whoever swears a false oath to seize the property of a Muslim man—or he said, his brother—will meet Allah while He is angry with him.’ Allah revealed in confirmation the verse beginning: Indeed, those who sell Allah's covenant. Sulayman added in his report: Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays passed by and asked what Abdullah was relating. They told him, and al-Ash'ath said it was revealed concerning him and a companion of his, about a well they shared.