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Hadith 217
Hadith #
217
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
3
Section
31
Part
Chapters on Legal Cases and Rulings
Chapter
Chapter on Precaution in Giving Testimony
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
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Hadith.3359 - It is narrated from Ali ibn Ghurab, from Abu Abdillah (as): Imam (as) said
"Do not testify to a testimony until you know it as clearly as you know your own palm."
3359 - رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ غُرَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
"لاَ تَشْهَدَنَّ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَهَا كَمَا تَعْرِفُ كَفَّكَ".
Tags Testimony and Judgment

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