Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1345
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ . قَالَ وَقَضَى بِهَا عَلِيٌّ فِيكُمْ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ وَهَكَذَا رَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرْسَلاً . وَرَوَى عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ رَأَوْا أَنَّ الْيَمِينَ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ جَائِزٌ فِي الْحُقُوقِ وَالأَمْوَالِ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَقَالُوا لاَ يُقْضَى بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ إِلاَّ فِي الْحُقُوقِ وَالأَمْوَالِ . وَلَمْ يَرَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنْ يُقْضَى بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ .
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Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī reported that the Prophet ruled in favor of an oath together with one witness. He added: ʿAlī ruled this way among you. Abū ʿĪsā said: This is more accurate. Sufyān al-Thawrī likewise narrated it from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, from the Prophet, as a mursal report. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Salamah and Yaḥyā ibn Sulaym narrated it from Jaʿfar, from his father, from ʿAlī, from the Prophet. Some scholars among the Prophet’s Companions and others considered an oath together with one witness valid in claims involving rights and property; this is the view of Mālik ibn Anas, al-Shāfiʿī, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq. They said this applies only to claims involving rights and property. Some scholars from Kūfah and elsewhere did not consider judgment based on an oath and one witness valid.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report presents differing transmission forms and juristic views about an oath with a single witness.