What ʿIsa said to a man he had just watched steal
The man swore, and that was the end of it.
آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَذَّبْتُ عَيْنِي
Āmantu bi-Llāhi wa kadhdhabtu ʿaynī
“I believe in Allah, and I call my own eye a liar.”
Where this comes from
ʿIsa saw a man stealing and asked him: did you steal? He said no, by Allah, beside whom there is no god. And that was ʿIsa's answer. He took the oath over the evidence of his own sight.
The full narration
Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him, 'Did you steal?, He said, 'No, by Allah, besides Whom there is none who has the right to be worshipped' Jesus said, 'I believe in Allah and suspect my eyes
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 3444
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)