Chapter 52: Witnesses
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... "
( 3.77)
Sahih al-Bukhari 2667