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Do not be a witness for injustice, if asked for that.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

52 - THE BOOK OF WITNESSES

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الحديث: 2652 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 171

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2652. Narrated ‘Abdullāh رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said: “The best people are the people of my century (generation), then those coming after them, and then those coming after the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths, and their oaths will precede their witness.” Ibrāhīm (a sub-narrator) said, “We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, ‘I bear witness by the Name of Allāh or by the Covenant of Allāh’.”(1) (See H. 3651, 6429, 6658)

Arabic text

2652 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ» قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «وَكَانُوا يَضْرِبُونَنَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ، وَالعَهْدِ»

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