Al-Kafi 14394

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah^asws about the compurgation (sworn endorsements), did the Sunnah flow with regards to it?’ So he^asws said: ‘Yes. Two men from the Helpers went out to collect fruits. So they separated, and one of the two was found to be dead. So his companion said to Rasool-Allah^saww, ‘But rather, the Jews killed our companion’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘The Jews should swear an oath’. So they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! How can we get the Jews to swear upon our brother, and they are an Infidel people?’ He^saww said: ‘So you all swear an oath’. They said, ‘How can we swear upon what we do not know, and did not witness?’ He^asws said: ‘So the Prophet^saww paid him from himself^saww’. I said, ‘How did the compurgation (sworn endorsements) come to be?’ So he^asws said: ‘But, it is the truth, and had it not been for that, the people would have killed each other. But rather, the compurgation (sworn endorsements) is a safeguard which the people are safeguarded by’.

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