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tabarani:8902[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym [Chain 2] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > al-Ḥakam b. Marwān al-Ḍarīr > Misʿar b. Kidām > And Barah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Qāl ʿAbdullāh Laʾan Aḥlif Bi-al-Lh Kādhib Aḥab Ilay from > Aḥlif Bighayrih

[Machine] "I swear by God falsely is more beloved to me than swearing by someone else while being truthful."  

الطبراني:٨٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَا ثنا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ عَنْ وَبَرَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ

«لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ بِاللهِ كَاذِبًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَأَنَا صَادِقٌ»