Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Testimony Chapter: A Man Bears Testimony against a Woman without Looking at Her Face َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَخِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الأوَّلِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ عَلَى إِقْرَارِ الْ٠َرْأَةِ وَلَيْسَتْ بِ٠ُسْفِرَةٍ إِذَا عُرِفَتْ بِعَيْنِهَا أَوْ حَضَرَ ٠َنْ يَعْرِفُهَا فَأَ٠َّا إِنْ لا تُعْرَفْ بِعَيْنِهَا وَلا يَحْضُرْ ٠َنْ يَعْرِفُهَا فَلا يَجُوزُ لِلشُّهُودِ أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى إِقْرَارِهَا دُونَ أَنْ تُسْفِرَ وَيَنْظُرُوا إِلَيْهَا.

However, if she is not known in person and no one present knows her, then bearing testimony against her or against her confession is not permissible without her face being uncovered so that he can look at her face/” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/257))