\nNarrated `Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa:\n \n\nA man displayed some goods in the market and took a false oath that he had been offered so much for \nthem though he was not offered that amount Then the following Divine Verse was revealed:-- "Verily! \nThose who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths . . . Will get painful \npunishment." (3.77) Ibn Abu `Aufa added, "Such person as described above is a treacherous Riba eater \n(i.e. eater of usury).\n

\nNarrated `Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa:\n \n\nA man displayed some goods in the market and took a false oath that he had been offered so much for \nthem though he was not offered that amount Then the following Divine Verse was revealed:-- "Verily! \nThose who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths . . . Will get painful \npunishment." (3.77) Ibn Abu `Aufa added, "Such person as described above is a treacherous Riba eater \n(i.e. eater of usury).\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَوَّامُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّكْسَكِيُّ، سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَقُولُ أَقَامَ رَجُلٌ سِلْعَتَهُ فَحَلَفَ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أُعْطِيَ بِهَا مَا لَمْ يُعْطَهَا فَنَزَلَتْ ‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً‏}‏ وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى النَّاجِشُ آكِلُ رِبًا خَائِنٌ‏.‏