Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: The Testimony of an Accuser and an Ex-convict َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الْقَاذِفِ بَعْدَ ٠ُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ ٠َا تَوْبَتُهُ قَالَ يُكْذِبُ نَفْسَهُ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ وَتَابَ أَتُقْبَلُ شَهَادَتُهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from abu al-Sabbah al-Kinaniy who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about an accuser who is convicted and subjected to penalty and about what his repentance is. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must call his soul a liar.’ I then asked, ‘If he calls his soul a liar and repents, is then his testimony acceptable?

5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it then becomes acceptable. 5 ” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/251))