Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الطُّفَيْلِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ صَبْرًا يَسْتَحِقُّ بِهَا مَالًا وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ وَإِنَّ تَصْدِيقَهَا لَفِي الْقُرْآنِ { إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا } إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ الْأَشْعَثُ وَهُوَ يَقْرَؤُهَا قَالَ فِيَّ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا ادَّعَى رَكِيًّا لِي فَاخْتَصَمْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ شَاهِدَاكَ أَوْ يَمِينُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِنْ حَلَفَ حَلَفَ فَاجِرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ صَبْرًا يَسْتَحِقُّ بِهَا مَالًا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ.
English Translation
Ziyad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Tufayl al-Bakka'i told us, Mansur told us, from Shaqiq, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: Whoever swears a false oath, deliberately, to gain thereby property, while he is a wrongdoer in it, will meet Allah while He is angry with him. And confirmation of this is indeed in the Qur'an: Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their own oaths for a small price... to the end of the verse. He said: Al-Ash'ath came out reciting it and said: This verse was revealed about me. A man claimed a well of mine, so we brought our dispute to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: Your two witnesses, or his oath. I said: If he swears, he will swear falsely. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever swears a false oath deliberately to gain thereby property will meet Allah while He is angry with him.