Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2323

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ يَقْتَطِعُ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numair narrated to us: Waki and Abu Muawiyah narrated to us. They both said: Al-Amash narrated to us, from Shaqiq, from Abdullah bin Masud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever swears a perjurious oath, thereby seizing the property of a Muslim man, will meet Allah while He is angry with him.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic describes the oath as fājir, literally wicked or sinful; “perjurious” expresses that sense in this context. The phrase “Muslim man” follows the Arabic wording.