سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَوا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ أَوْ آخَرانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّذَانِ مِنْكُمْ مُسْلِمَانِ وَ اللَّذَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ إِذَا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ فِي أَرْضِ غُرْبَةٍ فَيَطْلُبُ رَجُلَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ لِيُشْهِدَهُمَا عَلَى وَصِيَّتِهِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ فَلْيُشْهِدْ عَلَى وَصِيَّتِهِ رَجُلَيْنِ ذِمِّيَّيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَرْضِيَّيْنِ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِمَا .
Translation
Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Hamza Bin Humran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:5#h106"><a href="/books/quran:5#h106">[5:106]</a></a> two just persons from among you, or two others from among others than you</span>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Those <span class="ibTxt">from among you</span> are the Muslims, and those <span class="ibTxt">from among others than you</span> are from people of the Book. But rather, that is when the Muslim man dies in a land of strangers, so he seeks two Muslim men to bear witness his bequest. But if he cannot find two Muslims, so let two men bear witness upon his bequest, the ones under the responsibility (<span class="iTxt">Ahl Al-Zimma</span>) from the people of the Book, both of whom are acceptable among their own companions’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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