1. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Humayd ibn Ziyad from af-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah all from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Mithamiy from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has narrated the following:

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about the case of three partners of whom two have testified against one. He (the Imam) said, ‘Their testimony is not admissible. ’”