The Sufficient (Vol 7) · Hadith 662 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي أَرْبَعَةٍ شَهِدُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ مُحْصَنٍ بِالزِّنَى فَعُدِّلَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ وَلَمْ يُعَدَّلِ الآخَرَانِ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانُوا أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَيْسَ يُعْرَفُونَ بِشَهَادَةِ الزُّورِ أُجِيزَتْ شَهَادَتُهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَأُقِيمَ الْحَدُّ عَلَى الَّذِي شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا بِمَا أَبْصَرُوا وَعَلِمُوا وَعَلَى الْوَالِي أَنْ يُجِيزَ شَهَادَتَهُمْ إِلا أَنْ يَكُونُوا مَعْرُوفِينَ بِالْفِسْقِ.

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ayyub from Hariz who has narrated the following: “This is about the case of four men who testified against an al-Muhsin (married man) due to fornication of whom two retracted their testimony and not the other two. Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘If the four are Muslims who are not known as falsely testifying people, the testimony of all four is admissible, and penalty must be applied on the one against whom they have testified, however, they must testify only to what they have seen and have the knowledge thereof. The person in authority must accept their testimony unless they are known to be sinful people.’”

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