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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : من رد شهادة العبيد ومن قبلها
Chapter: Those who rejected the testimony of slaves and those who accepted it
Bayhaqi Q20607 — Those who rejected the testimony of slaves and those
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قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: قَالَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {وَاسْتَشْهِدُوا شَهِيدَيْنِ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ} [البقرة: 282] قَالَ: وَرِجَالُنَا أَحْرَارُنَا، لَا مَمَالِيكُنَا الَّذِينَ يَغْلِبُهُمْ مَنْ يَمْلِكُهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ، فَلَا يَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ مَمْلُوكٍ فِي شَيْءٍ وَإِنْ قَلَّ ".
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Allah, exalted be His praise, says: 'And take two witnesses from among your men.' [Surah al-Baqarah: 282]"
He (Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And by 'our men' is meant our free people, not our slaves, over many of whose affairs their owners have control. Therefore the testimony of a slave is not permissible in any matter, however trivial that matter may be."
He (Imam al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And by 'our men' is meant our free people, not our slaves, over many of whose affairs their owners have control. Therefore the testimony of a slave is not permissible in any matter, however trivial that matter may be."
