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3711. An-Nu'mân bin Bashîr Al-Anshârî narrated that his mother, the daughter of Rawâhah, asked his father to give some of his wealth to her son. He deferred that for a year, then he decided to give it to him. She said: "I will not be pleased until you ask the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ to bear witness." He said: "O Messenger of Allâh, the mother of this boy, the daughter of Rawâhah, insisted that I give a gift to him." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "O Bashîr, do you have any other children besides this one?" He said: "Yes." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Have you given all of them a gift like that which you have given to this son of yours?" He said: "No." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Then do not ask me to bear witness, for I will not bear witness to unfairness." (Šahîh)
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'Call me not as witness': This does not signify that one should call someone else as witness, rather this is a way of scolding not to do such a thing. It occurs in the Qur'ân: "Let, then, him who wills, believe in it, and let him who wills, reject it." (18: 29) That is why it was called injustice, and injustice is forbidden.
