[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ : "A man swore by Allah, who there is no deity except Him, falsely, yet he was forgiven." Shu'bah asked, "Was this before or after the concept of Tawhid (monotheism)?" Abu 'Abdur-Rahman said that Sufyan contradicted him and said that it was narrated by 'Ata ibn As-Sa'ib from Abu Yahya, who was known as Al-A'raj.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ «رَجُلًا حَلَفَ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كَاذِبًا فَغُفِرَ لَهُ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ مِنْ قَبْلِ التَّوْحِيدِ؟ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ فَقَالَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى وَهُوَ الْأَعْرَجُ