The Witnesses who are Rejected

Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 5|Chapter 17
Al-Kāfi

Volume 7, Book 5, Chapter 17

The Witnesses who are Rejected

11- وَبِهَذَا الإسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لا يُصَلَّى خَلْفَ مَنْ يَبْتَغِي عَلَى الأذَانِ وَالصَّلاةِ الأجْرَ وَلا تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَتُهُ.
11. Through the same chain of narrators as that of the previous Hadith, the following is narrated: “Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has said, ‘Performing Salat (prayer) behind one who asks payment for saying Adhan (call for Salat (prayer)) and Salat (prayer) and his testimony are not admissible.’”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/250)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 359