9. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn abu Najran from Muthanna’ al-Hannat from Zurarah who has narrated the following:

“I once asked abu Ja‘far , about the testimony of women if it is acceptable in marriage. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is acceptable, but it is not acceptable about divorce.’ He (the Imam) said that Ali , has said, ‘Testimony of women is acceptable in stoning if there are three men and two women; but if there are four women and two men it is not acceptable about stoning.’ I asked, ‘Is testimony of women with men acceptable in blood (life) cases?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not acceptable.’”