سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْمَحْدُودِ إِنْ تَابَ تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَتُهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا تَابَ وَ تَوْبَتُهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ مِمَّا قَالَ وَ يُكْذِبَ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ وَ عِنْدَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِذَا فَعَلَ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ شَهَادَتَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhamad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the penalised one (by the <span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>), if he were to repent, would his testimony be accepted?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When he repents, and his repentance is that he should retract from what he had said, and belie himself in the presence of the Imam<sup>asws</sup>, and in the presence of the Muslims. So when he does it, so it would be upon the Imam<sup>asws</sup> that he accept his testimony after that’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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