عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ». قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: فِيَّ وَاللَّهِ كَانَ ذَلِكَ؛ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَرْضٌ، فَجَحَدَنِي، فَقَدَّمْتُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ؟» قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِلْيَهُودِيِّ: «احْلِفْ». قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِذَنْ يَحْلِفَ وَيَذْهَبَ بِمَالِي. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا}. إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ.
Kutoka kwa Abdallah bin Masoud radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake amesema: Amesema Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake: "Yeyote atakayetoa kiapo hali yakuwa ni muongo, ili ajikatie mali ya mtu Muislamu, basi atakutana na Mwenyezi Mungu akiwa kamkasirikia". Akasema: Akasema Al-Ash'athi: Kwangu mimi Wallahi kulitokea tukio hilo; kulikuwa na Ardhi baina yangu na bwana mmoja Yahudi, akanipinga kuwa si yangu, nikampeleka kwa Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake akasema Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake kuniambia: "Je una ushahidi?" Nikasema: Hapana: Akasema kumwambia Yahudi: "Toa kiapo". Anasema: Nikasema ewe Mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, sasa si ataapa na atachukua mali yangu!. Akateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu: "Hakika wale wanaouza ahadi ya Mwenyezi Mungu na viapo vyao kwa thamani ndogo..." mpaka mwisho wa aya.
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes a false oath to deprive a Muslim person of his property unlawfully, will meet Allah while He is angry with him." He said: Al-Ash‘ath said: By Allah, this was about me. I shared some land with a Jewish man. When he denied me my right, I complained against him to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Do you have any proof?" I said: No. So he said to the Jew: "Swear an oath." I said: O Messenger of Allah, he will swear an oath and seize my property. So, Allah Almighty revealed: {Those who trade the covenant of Allah and their oaths for a small price...} to the end of the verse.
Uharamu wa kuhalalisha mali za watu kwa dhulma.
Uzito wa haki za waislamu katika kidogo na kingi.
Ushahidi kwa mwenye kudai, na kiapo kwa mlalamikiwa atakapokataa.
Haki inathibiti kwa mashahidi wawili, usipopatikana ushahidi kwa mlalamikaji, basi ni lazima kwa mlalamikiwa kutoa kiapo.
Uharamu wa kiapo cha (kuzama) nacho ni kiapo cha uongo ambacho muapaji anajikatia haki ya mtu mwingine, nalo ni katika madhambi makubwa, ambalo linamtia mtu katika ghadhabu za Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu na adhabu zake.
Nasaha za hakimu wakati wa mzozo, hasa hasa wakati wa kutaka kiapo.