Sahih al-Bukhari 2666

Book 52: Witnesses · Hadith 30

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهْوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ، لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهْوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فِيَّ وَاللَّهِ كَانَ ذَلِكَ، كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَرْضٌ فَجَحَدَنِي، فَقَدَّمْتُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَلَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِلْيَهُودِيِّ ‏"‏ احْلِفْ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذًا يَحْلِفَ وَيَذْهَبَ بِمَالِي‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If somebody takes a false oath in order to get the property of a Muslim (unjustly) by that oath, then Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him." Al-Ash'ath informed me, "By Allah! This was said regarding me. There was a dispute about a piece of land between me and a man from the Jews who denied my right. I took him to the Prophet. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked me, 'Do you have an evidence?' I replied in the negative. He said to the Jew, 'Take an oath.' I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He will surely take an oath and take my property unjustly." So, Allah revealed: "Verily! Those who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths

Abdullah (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Allah ke Rasool ne farmaya: "Agar koi jhuti qasam khata hai kisi Musalman ki jaidad (na-haqq) hasil karne ke liye, to Allah usse naraaz hokar milega jab woh usse mulaqaat karega." Al-Ash'ath ne mujhe bataya: "Allah ki qasam! Yeh mere baare mein kaha gaya. Mera aur ek Yahudi shaks ka ek zameen ke tukde ke baare mein jhagda hua jisne mera haqq radd kar diya. Main use Nabi ke paas le gaya. Allah ke Rasool ne mujhse pucha: 'Kya tumhare paas koi saboot hai?' Maine na mein jawab diya. Unhone Yahudi se kaha: 'Qasam lo.' Maine kaha: 'Ya Allah ke Rasool! Woh zaroor qasam lega aur mera haqq na-haqq le lega.'" Isliye Allah ne yeh nazil ki: "Beshak! Woh log jo Allah ke ahad aur apni qasmon ke badle mein thoda faaida khareedte hain..."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2666 · Book 52, Hadith 30

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