﴿ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَا خَلَٰقَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا يَنظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ﴾

“Behold, those who barter away their bond with God and their own pledges for a trifling gain - they shall not partake in the blessings of the life to come; and God will neither speak unto them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He cleanse them of their sins; and grievous suffering awaits them.”

(Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah�s covenant and their oaths�) [3:77]. Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi informed us> Hajib ibn Ahmad> Muhammad ibn Hammad> Abu Mu�awiyah> al-A�mash> Shaqiq> �Abd Allah who reported that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: �Whoever makes an oath knowing well that he is lying in order to usurp the property of another Muslim, Allah will be angry with him when he meets Him�. Then al-Ash�ath ibn Qays said: �By Allah, this was revealed about me. There was a land between me and a Jew, but he denied that I was its owner. And so I took him to the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, who asked me: �Do you have a proof?� I said: �no!� He then asked the Jew: �Will you swear [that the land is yours]?� I said: O Messenger of Allah! If he swears that the land is his, I will lose my property. Allah, exalted is He, then revealed (Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah�s covenant and their oaths�)�. This was narrated by Bukhari from �Abdan from Abu Hamzah from al-A�mash. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Mihrajani informed us> �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Zahid> Abu�l-Qasim al-Baghawi> Muhammad ibn Sulayman> Salih ibn �Umar> al-A�mash> Shaqiq> �Abd Allah who reported that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: �Whoever lies in his oath in order to usurp a property, Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him�. �Then Allah, exalted is He, revealed: (Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah�s covenant and their oaths�) up to the end of the verse. Al-Ash�ath ibn Qays came and asked: �What is it that Abu �Abd al-Rahman is relating to you?� We said: �Such-and-such�. He said: �This verse was revealed about me. I reported to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, a dispute that I had with another man and so he asked me: �do you have a proof�. I said: �No!� He said: �Then the man should swear�. I said: �So let him swear�. The Messenger, peace be upon him, said: �Whoever lies in his oath in order to usurp a property, Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him�.