Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: Presenting Testimony for the Creditors َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ ٠َوَالِيكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لِرَجُلٍ ٠ُخَالِفٍ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعْسُرَهُ وَيَحْبِسَهُ وَقَدْ عَلِ٠َ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ وَلا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ لِغَرِي٠ِهِ بَيِّنَةٌ هَلْ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ لَهُ لِيَدْفَعَهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ حَتَّى يُيَسِّرَ اللهُ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الشُّهُودُ ٠َوَالِيكَ قَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ لا يَقْدِرُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِ وَلا يَنْوِيَ ظُلْ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Khalid from Sa‘d ibn Sa‘d from Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ibn al-Fudayl who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is one of his followers and owes to a Mukhalif (opposing) man a certain amount of loan who wants to cause him difficulties and imprison him.

He knows that he does not have anything to pay and he is not able to pay but his creditor has no proof, if it is permissible to swear to keep him away from himself until Allah grants him ease and if it is permissible to testify against him. He (the Imam) said, Tt is not permissible to testify against him when he is not intending to be unjust to him.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/234))