مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب البيوع والأقضيةBook of Sales and Judgments
من (كان) يجيز شهادة العبيدThose Who Considered the Testimony of a Slave Acceptable
Hadith 21494
٢١٤٩٤ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: ثنا حفص بن غيات عن أشعث (عن الشعبي) (١) قال: قال شريح: لا (نجيز) (٢) شهادة (العبيد) (٣) فقال علي: (لكنا) (٤) (نجيزها) (٥) (٦).
Hazrat Sha'bi narrates that once Hazrat Shurayh said, "We do not consider the testimony of a slave to be valid." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "We used to consider the testimony of a slave to be valid." After that, Hazrat Shurayh would accept the testimony of a slave in favor of everyone except his master.
