Chapter on Precaution in Giving Testimony

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 31

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 31

Chapter on Precaution in Giving Testimony
3 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

3359 - رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ غُرَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "لاَ تَشْهَدَنَّ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَهَا كَمَا تَعْرِفُ كَفَّكَ".

Hadith.3359 - It is narrated from Ali ibn Ghurab, from Abu Abdillah (as): Imam (as) said: "Do not testify to a testimony until you know it as clearly as you know your own palm."

Ḥadīth 2

3360 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْمَاضِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُشْهِدُنِي هَؤُلاَءِ عَلَى إِخْوَانِي قَالَ "نَعَمْ أَقِمِ اَلشَّهَادَةَ لَهُمْ وَ إِنْ خِفْتَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ ضَرَراً ".

Hadith.3360 - It is narrated from Ali ibn Suwayd, who said: I said to Abu al-Hasan al-Madhi (as) (Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as)): "These people call me to testify against my brothers." Imam (as) said: 'Yes, establish the testimony for them, even if you fear harm for your brother.'"

Ḥadīth 3

3361 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ يُشْهِدُنِي عَلَى اَلشَّهَادَةِ فَأَعْرِفُ خَطِّي وَ خَاتَمِي وَ لاَ أَذْكُرُ مِنَ اَلْبَاقِي قَلِيلاً وَ لاَ كَثِيراً فَقَالَ "إِذَا كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ ثِقَةً وَ مَعَكَ رَجُلٌ ثِقَةٌ فَاشْهَدْ لَهُ".

Hadith.3361 - It is narrated from Umar ibn Yazid, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah (as): "A man calls me to testify, and I recognize my handwriting and my seal, but I do not remember anything else, whether little or much." Imam (as) said: 'If your companion is trustworthy and you have another trustworthy man with you, then testify for him.'"