Chapter on Establishing Testimony Based on Knowledge Without Formal Witnessing

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 21

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 21

Chapter on Establishing Testimony Based on Knowledge Without Formal Witnessing
4 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

3322 - رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَاقِرِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَشْهَدُ حِسَابَ اَلرَّجُلَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُدْعَى إِلَى اَلشَّهَادَةِ قَالَ "إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ".

Hadith.3322 - Al-Ala narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), regarding a man who observes the accounting between two men and is then called to testify. Imam (as) said: "If he wishes, he may testify, and if he wishes, he may abstain from testifying."

Ḥadīth 2

3323 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَشْهَدُ حِسَابَ اَلرَّجُلَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُدْعَى إِلَى اَلشَّهَادَةِ قَالَ "يَشْهَدُ".

Hadith.3323 - Ibn Faddal narrated from Ahmad ibn Yazid, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), regarding a man who observes the accounting between two men and is then called to testify. Imam (as) said: "He should testify."

Ḥadīth 3

3324 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَشْيَمَ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَهُرَتِ اِمْرَأَتُهُ مِنْ حَيْضِهَا فَقَالَ فُلاَنَةُ طَالِقٌ وَ قَوْمٌ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلاَمَهُ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُمُ اِشْهَدُوا أَ يَقَعُ اَلطَّلاَقُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ "نَعَمْ هَذِهِ شَهَادَةٌ أَ فَتَتْرُكُهَا مُعَلَّقَةً".

Hadith.3324 - Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Ashyam narrated that he asked Abu al-Hasan, peace be upon him, about a man whose wife became pure from her menstruation, and he said: "So-and-so is divorced," while people were listening to his words, but he did not tell them, "Bear witness." Does the divorce take effect upon her? Imam (as) said: "Yes, this is a testimony. Would you leave her in suspense?"

Ḥadīth 4

3325 - فَقَدْ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "اَلْعِلْمُ شَهَادَةٌ إِذَا كَانَ صَاحِبُهُ مَظْلُوماً".

Hadith.3325 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), said: "Knowledge is a testimony when its possessor is wronged."