The Book of Witnesses
بَابُ إِذَا عَدَّلَ رَجُلٌ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ لاَ نَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ خَيْرًا. أَوْ قَالَ مَا عَلِمْتُ إِلاَّ خَيْرًا:
(2) Chapter. If a person attests the honourable record of a witness by saying, "I do not know except good about him."
2بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الْمُخْتَبِي:
(3) Chapter. The witness of an eavesdropper.
3بَابُ إِذَا شَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ أَوْ شُهُودٌ بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالَ آخَرُونَ مَا عَلِمْنَا ذَلِكَ. يُحْكَمُ بِقَوْلِ مَنْ شَهِدَ:
(4) Chapter. When a witness or witnesses give an evidence.
4بَابُ الشُّهَدَاءِ الْعُدُولِ:
(5) Chapter. The just witnesses.
5بَابُ تَعْدِيلِ كَمْ يَجُوزُ؟
(6) Chapter. How many witnesses are sufficient to attest one’s good or bad record?
6بَابُ الشَّهَادَةِ عَلَى الأَنْسَابِ وَالرَّضَاعِ الْمُسْتَفِيضِ وَالْمَوْتِ الْقَدِيمِ:
(7) Chapter. To give witness concerning lineage, foster suckling relations and dead persons, who died long before.
7بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الْقَاذِفِ وَالسَّارِقِ وَالزَّانِي:
(8) Chapter. The witness of a person falsely accusing somebody of illegal sexual intercourse and the witness of a thief or an adulterer.
8بَابُ لاَ يَشْهَدُ عَلَى شَهَادَةِ جَوْرٍ إِذَا أُشْهِدَ:
(9) Chapter. Do not be a witness for injustice, if asked for that.
9بَابُ مَا قِيلَ فِي شَهَادَةِ الزُّورِ:
(10) Chapter. What has been said about false witness.
10بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الأَعْمَى، وَأَمْرِهِ وَنِكَاحِهِ وَإِنْكَاحِهِ وَمُبَايَعَتِهِ وَقَبُولِهِ فِي التَّأْذِينِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَمَا يُعْرَفُ بِالأَصْوَاتِ:
(11) Chapter. The witness of a blind man, his marriage, his affairs, the marriage conducted by him, and his buying and selling; and accepting his call for the Salat (prayer), etc., and what can be known by sound or voice.
11بَابُ شَهَادَةِ النِّسَاءِ:
(12) Chapter. The witness of women.
12بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الإِمَاءِ وَالْعَبِيدِ:
(13) Chapter. The witness of male and female slaves.
13بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ:
(14) Chapter. The witness of a wet nurse.
14بَابُ تَعْدِيلِ النِّسَاءِ بَعْضِهِنَّ بَعْضًا:
(15) Chapter. The women’s attesting the honourable record of each other.
15بَابُ إِذَا زَكَّى رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً كَفَاهُ:
(16) Chapter. If only one man attests the (good) conduct of another, then it is sufficient.
16بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الإِطْنَابِ فِي الْمَدْحِ وَلْيَقُلْ مَا يَعْلَمُ:
(17) Chapter. What is hated of exaggeration in praising, and one should say only what he knows.
17بَابُ بُلُوغِ الصِّبْيَانِ وَشَهَادَتِهِمْ:
(18) Chapter. The boys attaining the age of puberty and their validity of their witness.
18بَابُ سُؤَالِ الْحَاكِمِ الْمُدَّعِيَ هَلْ لَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ قَبْلَ الْيَمِينِ:
(19) Chapter. The question of the judge to the plaintiff, “Have you a proof?” before asking the defendant to take an oath.
19بَابُ الْيَمِينُ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ، فِي الأَمْوَالِ وَالْحُدُودِ:
(20) Chapter. The defendant must take an oath in matters concerning property or legal punishments.
20بَابُ إِذَا ادَّعَى أَوْ قَذَفَ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَلْتَمِسَ الْبَيِّنَةَ، وَيَنْطَلِقَ لِطَلَبِ الْبَيِّنَةِ:
(21) Chapter. If someone claims something or accuses somebody of illegal sexual intercourse, he should search for the proof and he is to be given respite to get evidence.
21بَابُ الْيَمِينِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ:
(22) Chapter. The taking of an oath after the Asr prayer.
22بَابُ يَحْلِفُ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ حَيْثُمَا وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينُ، وَلاَ يُصْرَفُ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ:
(23) Chapter. The defendant has to take an oath wherever it becomes legally compulsory, and it is not imperative to take him from his place to another place (i.e., a sacred place like a mosque) for this purpose.
23بَابُ إِذَا تَسَارَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي الْيَمِينِ:
(24) Chapter. If (some people have to take an oath) and each of them wants to take it first.
24بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً} :
(25) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths.
25بَابُ كَيْفَ يُسْتَحْلَفُ:
(26) Chapter. How (and with what) to swear?
26بَابُ مَنْ أَقَامَ الْبَيِّنَةَ بَعْدَ الْيَمِينِ:
(27) Chapter. Whoever produces the proof after (the defendant) has taken the oath.
27بَابُ مَنْ أَمَرَ بِإِنْجَازِ الْوَعْدِ:
(28) Chapter. Whoever sees that promises should be fulfilled.
28بَابُ لاَ يُسْأَلُ أَهْلُ الشِّرْكِ عَنِ الشَّهَادَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا:
(29) Chapter. Al-Mushrikun (idolaters, polytheists, and pagans) should not be asked to give witness or the like (i.e., their witnesses are not acceptable).
29بَابُ الْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْمُشْكِلاَتِ:
(30) Chapter. Drawing lots to solve problems.
