Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: The Witnesses who are Rejected ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَى أَتَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُ فَقَالَ لا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ الْحَكَ٠َ بْنَ عُتَيْبَةَ يَزْعُ٠ُ أَنَّهَا تَجُوزُ قَالَ اللهُ٠َّ لا تَغْفِرْ ذَنْبَهُ ٠َا قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِلْحَكَ٠ِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَلِقَوْ٠4.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Aban from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the testimony of one who is born out of wedlock if it is acceptable. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not acceptable.’ I then said that al-Hakam ibn al-‘Utaybah considers it acceptable. He (the Imam) said, ‘O Lord, do not forgive his sin.

Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has not said to al-Hakam ibn ‘Utaybah, ‘... it is a reminder for you and your people.’ ( 43: 44 )” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/248))