حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
زُهَيْرٌ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ
جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ بَشِيرٍ : انْحَلِ ابْنِي غُلَامَكَ ، وَأَشْهِدْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ ابْنَةَ فُلَانٍ ، سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أَنْحَلَ ابْنَهَا غُلَامًا ؟ ، وَقَالَتْ لِي : أَشْهِدْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : فَلَيْسَ يَصْلُحُ هَذَا ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى حَقٍّ " .
Narrated Jabir: Bashir's wife said (to her husband): Give my son your slave, and call the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness for me. So he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: The daughter of so-and-so has asked me to give her som my slave and said to me: Call the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness for her. He asked: Has he brothers? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Has he given them all the same as you have given him? He replied: No. He said: This is not good, and I will be a witness to what it right.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit.
It is recommended (mustahabb) to appoint witnesses in important matters.
And testimony should always be given upon truth and justice; to become a witness in a matter of oppression is also impermissible and forbidden (haram).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3545