أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ قَالَ کَانَتْ جَارِيَتَانِ تَخْرُزَانِ بِالطَّائِفِ فَخَرَجَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَيَدُهَا تَدْمَی فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّ صَاحِبَتَهَا أَصَابَتْهَا وَأَنْکَرَتْ الْأُخْرَی فَکَتَبْتُ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي ذَلِکَ فَکَتَبَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَی أَنَّ الْيَمِينَ عَلَی الْمُدَّعَی عَلَيْهِ وَلَوْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ أُعْطُوا بِدَعْوَاهُمْ لَادَّعَی نَاسٌ أَمْوَالَ نَاسٍ وَدِمَائَهُمْ فَادْعُهَا وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُولَئِکَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ حَتَّی خَتَمَ الْآيَةَ فَدَعَوْتُهَا فَتَلَوْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَاعْتَرَفَتْ بِذَلِکَ فَسَرَّهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5440
It was narrated from Nafi’ bin ‘Umar, that Ibn Abi Mulaikah said: “There were two female neighbors who used to do leatherwork (with an awl) in At-Ta’if, One of them came out with her hand bleeding and claimed that her companion had injured her, but the other one denied it. I wrote to Ibn ‘Abbas concerning that. He wrote, (saying) that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that the person against whom the claim was made should swear an oath. For if people were to be given what they claimed was theirs, then people would make claims against the wealth and blood of others.” So he called her and recited this Verse to her: “Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter., [ until the end of the Verse. He called her and recited that to her, and she confessed to that. News of that reached him and he was happy. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020