سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الأقضية
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
باب مَنْ تُرَدُّ شَهَادَتُهُ
Chapter: The one whose testimony is to be rejected.
Hadith 3600
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَدَّ شَهَادَةَ الْخَائِنِ ، وَالْخَائِنَةِ ، وَذِي الْغِمْرِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ ، وَرَدَّ شَهَادَةَ الْقَانِعِ لِأَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ ، وَأَجَازَهَا لِغَيْرِهِمْ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : الْغِمْرُ الْحِنَةُ ، وَالشَّحْنَاءُ ، وَالْقَانِعُ الْأَجِيرُ التَّابِعُ مِثْلُ الْأَجِيرِ الْخَاصِّ .
Amr bin Shuaib on his father's authority told that his grandfather said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rejected the testimony of a deceitful man and woman, of one who harbours rancour against his brother, and he rejected the testimony of one who is dependent on a family, and he allowed his testimony for other. Abu Dawud said: Ghimr means malice and enimity ; qani (dependant), a subordinate servant like a special servant.
Hadith 3601
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ الرَّازِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ خَائِنٍ ، وَلَا خَائِنَةٍ ، وَلَا زَانٍ ، وَلَا زَانِيَةٍ ، وَلَا ذِي غِمْرٍ عَلَى أَخِيهِ " .
The tradition mentioned above (No. 3593) has also been transmitted by Sulayman ibn Musa through a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The testimony of a deceitful man or woman, of an adulterer and adulteress, and of one who harbours rancour against his brother is not allowable.
