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The question of the judge to the plaintiff, "Have you a proof?" before asking the defendant to take an oath.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

52 - THE BOOK OF WITNESSES

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 2666 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 177

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٢٦٦٦، ٢٦٦٧. Narrated رضي الله عنه 'Abdullāh Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said. "If somebody takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a Muslim (unjustly) by that oath, then Allāh will be angry with him when he will meet Him." Al-Ash'ath informed me, "By Allāh! 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 ﷺ. Allāh'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 Allāh's Messenger! He will surely take an oath and take my property unjustly'." So, Allāh revealed :

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2666 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ، لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ»، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ: فِيَّ وَاللَّهِ كَانَ ذَلِكَ، كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ اليَهُودِ أَرْضٌ، فَجَحَدَنِي، فَقَدَّمْتُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «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 قَلِيلًا} [آل عمران: 77] إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ

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