Witness and Oath

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Witness and Oath الشهادة واليمين

  • [ 2652 ] عَنْ عَبْدِاللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ  رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيَّ  صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ : (( خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أَقْوَامٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ )) قال إبراهيم : وكانوا  يَضْرِبُونَنَا عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَالعَهْدِ

(صحيح البخاري )

Narrated `Abdullah

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness.” Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, “We used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, ‘I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah

(Sahih al-Bukhari)

  • ( 1719 ) عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الجُهَنِيِّ رضي الله عنه  أَنِّ النَبِّيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم  قَالَ : (( أَلا أُخْبِرُكُمْ  بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ ؟ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  ))

(صحيح مسلم)

Narrated Zaid bin Khaled al-Juhani (RA)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Shall I not inform you who is the best witness? He is the one who produces his testimony before he is asked for it.”

( Sahih Muslim )