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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: التحفظ في الشهادة والعلم بها
Chapter: Care in testimony and certain knowledge of it
Bayhaqi Q20578 — Care in testimony and certain knowledge of it
اُردوEn
قَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا} وَقَالَ: {إِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ} [الزخرف: 86] وَقَالَ فِي قِصَّةِ إِخْوَةِ يُوسُفَ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: {وَمَا شَهِدْنَا إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَافِظِينَ} [يوسف: 81]، قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " وَلَا يَسَعُ شَاهِدًا أَنْ يَشْهَدَ إِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمَ ".
Allah, exalted be His praise, says: "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart, about all of these there will be questioning." [Surah al-Isra': 36]
And He said: "Except those who testify to the truth while they know." [Surah al-Zukhruf: 86]
And in the story of the brothers of Yusuf (peace be upon him) He said: "And we have testified only to what we know, and we were not guardians of the unseen." [Surah Yusuf: 81]
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is not permissible for a witness to testify except to what he knows."
And He said: "Except those who testify to the truth while they know." [Surah al-Zukhruf: 86]
And in the story of the brothers of Yusuf (peace be upon him) He said: "And we have testified only to what we know, and we were not guardians of the unseen." [Surah Yusuf: 81]
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It is not permissible for a witness to testify except to what he knows."
