English translation
6677. (The subnarrator added :) Al-Ash‘ath bin Qais entered saying, “What did Abū ‘Abdur-Raḥmān narrated to you?” They said, “So-and-so.” Al-Ash‘ath said, “This Verse (V.3:77) was revealed in my connection. I had a well on the land of my cousin (and we had a dispute about it). I reported him to Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ who said (to me), ‘You should bring witnesses otherwise the oath of your opponent will render your claim invalid.’ I said, ‘Then he (my opponent) will take the oath, O Allāh’s Messenger.’ Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, ‘Whoever is ordered (by the ruler or the judge) to give an oath, and he takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allāh’s Wrath when he will meet Him on the Day of Resurrection.’ ” (See H. 2357)