Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُنَادِي ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ عَنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ كَاذِبًا يَقْطَعُ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ قَالَ مَالَ أَخِيهِ لَقِيَ اللهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ تَصْدِيقَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا} [آل عمران 77] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ فَمَرَّ الْأَشْعَثُ فَقَالَ فِيَّ نَزَلَتْ وَفِي رَجُلٍ اخْتَصَمْنَا فِي بِئْرٍ
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Whoever swears a false oath to unlawfully take the property of a Muslim - or he said, the property of his brother - will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Then Allah revealed in confirmation of that in the Quran: 'Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price' to the end of the verse. Al-Ash'ath passed by and said: This was revealed about me and another man with whom I disputed about a well.