Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6676, 6677

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينِ صَبْرٍ، يَقْتَطِعُ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهْوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ ‏" ‏‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَصْدِيقَ ذَلِكَ ‏‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ‏.‏ فَدَخَلَ الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فَقَالَ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَقَالُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا‏.‏ قَالَ فِيَّ أُنْزِلَتْ، كَانَتْ لِي بِئْرٌ فِي أَرْضِ ابْنِ عَمٍّ لِي فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ بَيِّنَتُكَ أَوْ يَمِينُهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِذًا يَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينِ صَبْرٍ، وَهْوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ، يَقْتَطِعُ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَهْوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Musa ibn Ismail narrated to us; Abu Awanah narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Wail, from Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever swears a binding oath falsely in order to take the property of a Muslim will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Allah then revealed, confirming this: Indeed, those who sell Allahs covenant and their oaths for a small price… to the end of the verse. Al-Ashath ibn Qays then came in and asked, What has Abu Abd al-Rahman related to you? They told him what had been said. He said: It was revealed concerning me. I had a well on the land of a cousin of mine, so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Bring your evidence, or he must swear an oath. I said: Then, O Messenger of Allah, he will swear concerning it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever swears a binding oath falsely, while acting wickedly in it, to take the property of a Muslim will meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection while He is angry with him.