سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْبَيِّنَةِ إِذَا أُقِيمَتْ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَ يَحِلُّ لِلْقَاضِي أَنْ يَقْضِيَ بِقَوْلِ الْبَيِّنَةِ إِذَا لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ خَمْسَةُ أَشْيَاءَ يَجِبُ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا بِهَا ظَاهِرَ الْحُكْمِ الْوِلَايَاتُ وَ التَّنَاكُحُ وَ الْمَوَارِيثُ وَ الذَّبَائِحُ وَ الشَّهَادَاتُ فَإِذَا كَانَ ظَاهِرُهُ ظَاهِراً مَأْمُوناً جَازَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ وَ لَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْ بَاطِنِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from one of his men, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the proof when it is established upon the truth, is it permissible for the judges to issue judgements by the proofs when they are not recognising without questioning it?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There are five things which are obligated upon the people that these can be taken by the apparent for the decision – the guardianship, and the marriage, and the inheritors, and the slaughtered animals, and the testimonies. So when its apparent appears to be reliable, his testimony is allowed, and its esoteric (Batin) would not be questioned’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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