Testimony of a blind person

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The testimony of a blind person is not valid, unless he testifies to something he saw before losing his sight, in which case it is valid.

Abu Basir (may Allah have mercy on him), who was blind, testified before Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) rejected his testimony.

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin said: The testimony of a blind person is valid.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) held that if a blind person recognises voices, his testimony is sound when joined with that of one just man.

Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) about the testimony of a blind person. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There are some matters in which it is valid.

Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) considered the testimony of a blind person permissible and sound.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) considered the testimony of a blind person sound.

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a blind person is just, his testimony is accepted.

Qatadah, who was blind, testified before Iyas bin Mu'awiyah, and he rejected his testimony.

Mughirah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) about the testimony of a blind person. He (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated a report to me, and I think that he considered it disliked.

Al-Hakam bin Utaybah and al-Qasim bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them both) were asked: Are the testimony and the leading of prayer by a blind person permissible? They replied: What is there to prevent a blind person from testifying and leading the prayer?