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Bayhaqi 20514 — The command to take witnesses

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، ثنا عَفَّانُ، عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ: {فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا} [البقرة: ٢٨٣] قَالَ: إِنْ أَشَهَدْتَ فَحَزْمٌ، وَإِنِ ائْتَمَنْتَهُ فَفِي حِلٍّ وَسَعَةٍ ". وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنْ شَاءَ أَشْهَدَ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ، أَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا} [البقرة: ٢٨٣]؟ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " وَقَدْ حُفِظَ عَنِ ⦗٢٤٦⦘ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ بَايَعَ أَعْرَابِيًّا فِي فَرَسٍ فَجَحَدَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بِأَمْرِ بَعْضِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ ".
Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning this verse, "And if one of you entrusts another" [Surah al-Baqarah: 283]: "If you take witnesses, that is prudence; and if you trust him, that is permissible and there is latitude in it."
(b) Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If he wishes he may take witnesses, and if he wishes he may not take witnesses. Have you not heard the words of Allah: 'And if one of you entrusts another' [Surah al-Baqarah: 283]?" Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is preserved that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) concluded a sale of a horse with a Bedouin, and the Bedouin denied it at the prompting of some of the hypocrites, and there was no evidence between them.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20514
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