Those who accepted the testimony of slaves

Mukhtar bin Fulful said: I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the testimony of a slave, and he said: It is valid.

Shurayh held the testimony of a slave to be valid.

Ibrahim said: The early predecessors used to hold the testimony of a slave to be valid in trifling matters.

Ammar al-Duhni said: In my presence, a slave testified in the court of Shurayh about a certain house, and he held his testimony to be valid. Someone said: He is a slave. He said: We are all slaves, and the mother of us all is Hawwa (Eve).

Al-Sha'bi said: Shurayh once said: We do not hold the testimony of a slave to be valid. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: But we do hold it to be valid.

He said: After that, Shurayh used to accept it, except in favour of the slave's own master.