Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: The Witnesses who are Rejected 2- عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الَّذِي يُرَدُّ ٠ِنَ الشُّهُودِ فَقَالَ الظَّنِينُ وَالْخَصْ٠ُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالْفَاسِقُ وَالْخَائِنُ قَالَ فَقَالَ كُلُّ هَذَا يَدْخُلُ فِي الظَّنِينِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Of such people are a pessimist and an antagonist.’ I then asked, ‘What about a sinful and a treacherous one?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Such ones are included in “pessimist”.”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/248))