Al-Baqara • EN-ASBAB-AL-NUZUL-BY-AL-WAHIDI
﴿ وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةًۭ لِّأَيْمَٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ ﴾
“AND DO NOT allow your oaths in the name of God to become an obstacle to virtue and God-consciousness and the promotion of peace between men: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.”
(And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being righteous�) [2:224]. Said al-Kalbi: �This was revealed about �Abd Allah ibn Rawahah to warn him against boycotting the husband of his sister, Bashir ibn al-Nu�man. �Abd Allah ibn Rawahah had sworn that he will never visit him, speak to him or reconcile between him and his sister. He said: �I swore by Allah that I will not do any of these and it is forbidden for me not to honour my oath�. Allah then revealed this verse�.