Testimony of women in hadd cases

Hajjaj said that al-Zuhri said: The Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and of the two caliphs after him (peace and blessings be upon him) has been established: the testimony of women is not admissible in the prescribed punishments (hudud).

Bayan said that Ibrahim was asked about three men and two women who testified against a man of zina. He said: It is not admissible until they are four men.

Al-Hakam said that Ibrahim said: The testimony of women is not admissible in divorce and the prescribed punishments.

Mujalid said that Amir said: The testimony of women is not admissible in the prescribed punishments.

Zakariyya said that al-Sha'bi said: The testimony of a woman or a slave is not admissible in any prescribed punishment.

Yunus said that al-Hasan al-Basri said: The testimony of women is not admissible in the prescribed punishments.

Juwaybir said that al-Dahhak said: The testimony of women is not admissible either in a case of blood or in a punishment for blood.

Sufyan said: I heard Hammad say: The testimony of women is not admissible in the prescribed punishments.

Ali bin Salih said: I heard Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'id bin Wahb say: The testimony of women is not admissible in the prescribed punishments.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b said that al-Zuhri said: In no case of the prescribed punishments shall lashes be given except on the testimony of two men.