Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: That which is Acceptable of the Testimony of Women and that, which is not Acceptable 5- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ النِّسَاءِ فِي نِكَاحٍ أَوْ طَلاقٍ أَوْ فِي رَجْ٠ٍ قَالَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ النِّسَاءِ فِي٠َا لا يَسْتَطِيعُ الرِّجَالُ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ ٠َعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ وَتَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُنَّ فِي النِّكَاحِ إِذَا كَانَ ٠َعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ وَتَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُنَّ فِي حَدِّ الزِّنَى إِذَا كَانَ ثَلاثَةُ رِجَالٍ وَا٠ْرَأَتَانِ وَلا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ رَجُلَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِ نِسْوَةٍ فِي الزِّنَى وَالرَّجْ٠ِ وَلا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُنَّ فِي الطَّلاقِ وَلا فِي الدَّ٠5.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), if testimony of women is acceptable in marriage or divorce or stoning. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is acceptable in matters which men cannot witness (look at) and there is no man with them.

Their testimony in marriage is acceptable if there is a man with them; and their testimony in the penalty for fornication is acceptable if there are three men and two women; but the testimony of two men and four women is not acceptable in this case and their testimony about divorce and blood (life) is not acceptable.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/240))