And it was narrated from Dawud ibn Al-Husayn who said: I heard Abu Abdullah
عليه السلام, say: "Establish testimony against parents and children, but do not establish it against a brother in religion out of harm (al-ḍayr)." I said: What is al-ḍayr? Imam
عليه السلام said: "It is when the claimant transgresses in demanding his right contrary to what Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, and His Messenger
صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم have commanded. An example of this is when one man has a debt upon another who is in hardship, and Allah
سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, has commanded to grant him respite until ease, as He
سبحانه وتعالى said: 'then a respite until ease.' (Surah Al-Baqarah
2:280), Yet, he asks you to bear witness against him while you know he is in hardship. It is not permissible for you to establish the testimony during his state of hardship."