Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Oaths, Vows and Expiations Chapter: Tne must Take an Oath only for what He Knows 4- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْ٠َرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لا يُسْتَحْلَفُ الرَّجُلُ إِلا عَلَى عِلْ٠ِهِ وَلا يَقَعُ الْيَ٠ِينُ إِلا عَلَى الْعِلْ٠ِ اسْتُحْلِفَ أَوْ لَ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from certain persons of his people who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A man must not be asked to take an oath except for what he knows and that oath applies only to what he knows, regardless, one is asked to swear or not’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/324))