Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أنبأ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ خُوَيْلِدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ حَتَّى أَتَى السُّدَّةَ سُدَّةً بِالسُّوقِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهَا وَخَيْرِ أَهْلِهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا ثُمَّ مَشَى حَتَّى أَتَى دَرَجَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَحْلِفُ بِسُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ أَتَرَى هَذَا يُكَفِّرُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ إِنَّ كُلَّ آيَةٍ كَفَّارَةٌ أَوْ قَالَ يَمِينٌ وَكَذَلِكَ
English Translation
Hanzalah ibn Khuwaylid al-Anbari said: I went out with Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) until he reached the gateway of the market. He faced it and said: I ask You for its good and the good of its people, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of its people. Then he walked until he reached the steps of the mosque, where he heard a man swearing by a surah of the Quran. He said: O Hanzalah, do you think this man will make expiation for his oath? Every verse is an expiation - or he said, an oath.