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How many witnesses are sufficient to attest one's good or bad record?

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Darussalam · Volume 3

52 - THE BOOK OF WITNESSES

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2643 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 169

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2643. Narrated Abū Al-Aswad: Once I went to Al-Madīna and at that time there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I was sitting with رضي الله عنه Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then another funeral procession passed by. The people (prayer) inside the Ka'bah while Al-Faql said that he had not offered Ṣalāt, so the people accepted Bilāl's assertion. Similarly, if two persons give witness that such a person owes another one thousand Dirham, but two other witnesses state that he owes him one thousand and five hundred Dirham then the judgement will be based on the higher amount.

Arabic text

2643 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الفُرَاتِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ المَدِينَةَ وَقَدْ وَقَعَ بِهَا مَرَضٌ وَهُمْ يَمُوتُونَ مَوْتًا ذَرِيعًا، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَمَرَّتْ جَنَازَةٌ، فَأُثْنِيَ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِأُخْرَى، فَأُثْنِيَ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ: وَجَبَتْ، ثُمَّ مُرَّ بِالثَّالِثَةِ، فَأُثْنِيَ شَرًّا، فَقَالَ: وَجَبَتْ، فَقُلْتُ: وَمَا وَجَبَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ بِخَيْرٍ أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ الجَنَّةَ»، قُلْنَا: وَثَلاَثَةٌ، قَالَ: «وَثَلاَثَةٌ»، قُلْتُ: وَاثْنَانِ، قَالَ: «وَاثْنَانِ»، ثُمَّ لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ عَنِ الوَاحِدِ

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