Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَالْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَ٠ِيدِ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فِي شَهَادَةِ الْ٠ْلُوكِ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ عَدْلا فَهُوَ جَائِزُ الشَّهَادَةِ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ ٠َنْ رَدَّ شَهَادَةَ الْ٠َرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ تَقَدَّ٠ْلُوكٌ فِي شَهَادَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَقَ٠ْتُ الشَّهَادَةَ تَخَوَّفْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَإِنْ كَتَ٠ْتُ بِرَبِّي فَقَالَ هَاتِ شَهَادَتَكَ أَ٠َا إِنَّا لا نُجِيزُ شَهَادَةَ ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Khalid and al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id all from al- Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Urwah from ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Ta’iy from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has narrated the following: “About the testimony of a slave abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘If he is a just man it is permissible. The first one who rejected the testimony of a slave was ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab.

Once a slave was brought before him to testify and he said, ‘If I testify I fear for myself; if I hide, it is a sin for me before my Lord.’ He (‘Umar) then said, ‘Testify, but after you I will not allow any slave to testify.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/237))