شَهَادَةِ الْمَمْلُوكِ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ عَدْلًا فَهُوَ جَائِزُ الشَّهَادَةِ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ رَدَّ شَهَادَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ مَمْلُوكٌ فِي شَهَادَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَقَمْتُ الشَّهَادَةَ تَخَوَّفْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ إِنْ كَتَمْتُهَا أَثِمْتُ بِرَبِّي فَقَالَ هَاتِ شَهَادَتَكَ أَمَا إِنَّا لَا نُجِيزُ شَهَادَةَ مَمْلُوكٍ بَعْدَكَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid and Al Husayn Bin Saeed, both together, from Al Qasim Bin Urwat, from Abdul Hameed Al Taiy, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> regarding the testimony of the owned slave, having said: ‘When it was just, so the testimony is allowed. The first one to reject a testimony of the owned slave was Umar Bin Al-Khattab, and that is (when) a slave was brought to him regarding a testimony, so he (the slave) said, ‘If the testimony is established, I fear for myself, and if I were to conceal it, I would have a sinful heart with my Lord<sup>azwj</sup>’. So he (Umar) said, ‘Give your testimony. But, after you we will not allow any slave to testify’.
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