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1064 - مَن تَجوزُ شَهادَتُهُ‏

1064. THOSE WHOSE TESTIMONY IS DEEMED VALID

3365.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لِشُرَيحٍ - : اِعلَمْ أنّ المسلمينَ عُدولٌ بعضُهُم عَلى‏ بَعضٍ ، إلّا مَجلوداً في حَدٍّ لَم يَتُب مِنهُ، أو مَعروفاً بشهادَةِ الزُّورِ، أو ظَنِيناً .1

3365.Imam Ali (AS) said to Shurayh, ‘Know that Muslims are equitable [and admissible as witnesses] towards one another, except for one who has been lashed on account of a crime and has not repented for it [and is therefore, still resentful as a result], one who is known to give false testimony, and one who is a suspect himself.’2

3366.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا أقبَلُ شهادَةَ الفاسِقِ إلّا على‏ نَفسِهِ .3

3366.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘I do not accept the testimony of a corrupt person, unless it be against himself.’4

3367.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ أميرَ المؤمنينَ عليه السلام كانَ لا يَقبَلُ شهادَةَ فَحّاشٍ، ولا ذِي مُخْزِيَةٍ في الدِّينِ .5

3367.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily the Commander of the Faithful (AS) never used to accept the testimony of an obscene person, nor one who brought shame on religion through his disgraceful acts.’6

1.كتاب من لا يحضره الفقيه : ۳ / ۱۵ / ۳۲۴۳ .

2.al-Faqih, v. ۱۳, p. ۱۵, no. ۳۲۴۳

3.الكافي : ۷ / ۳۹۵ / ۵ .

4.al-Kafi, v. ۷, p. ۳۹۵, no. ۵

5.الكافي : ۷ / ۳۹۶ / ۷ .

6.Ibid. p. ۳۹۶, no. ۷

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