Chapter on Whose Testimony Must Be Rejected and Whose Testimony Must Be Accepted
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 18
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 18
Chapter on Whose Testimony Must Be Rejected and Whose Testimony Must Be Accepted
وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شَهَادَةِ اَلنِّسَاءِ هَلْ تَجُوزُ فِي نِكَاحٍ أَوْ طَلاَقٍ أَوْ رَجْمٍ قَالَ "تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ اَلنِّسَاءِ فِيمَا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ اَلرِّجَالُ اَلنَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ وَ تَجُوزُ فِي اَلنِّكَاحِ إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ، وَ لاَ تَجُوزُ فِي اَلطَّلاَقِ وَ لاَ فِي اَلدَّمِ وَ تَجُوزُ فِي حَدِّ اَلزِّنَا، إِذَا كَانَ ثَلاَثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَ اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ وَ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ رَجُلَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعِ نِسْوَةٍ ".
And it was narrated by Safwan bin Yahya from Muhammad bin Al-Fudhayl, from Abu Al-Hasan, peace be upon him. He said: I asked him about the testimony of women-does it suffice in cases of marriage, divorce, or stoning? Imam عليه السلام said: "The testimony of women is accepted in matters that men cannot observe. It is also valid in marriage if accompanied by one man. However, it is not accepted in divorce or bloodshed. It is accepted in cases of adultery if there are three men and two women, but the testimony of two men and four women is not accepted."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh