Witnesses

52/11. Chapter:

The witness of a blind man, his marriage, his affairs

وَأَجَازَ شَهَادَتَهُ قَاسِمٌ وَالْحَسَنُ وَابْنُ سِيرِينَ وَالزُّهْرِيُّ وَعَطَاءٌ. وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُ إِذَا كَانَ عَاقِلاً. وَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ رُبَّ شَيْءٍ تَجُوزُ فِيهِ. وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ شَهِدَ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ أَكُنْتَ تَرُدُّهُ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَبْعَثُ رَجُلاً إِذَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَفْطَرَ، وَيَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْفَجْرِ فَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ طَلَعَ. صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ. وَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَعَرَفَتْ صَوْتِي قَالَتْ سُلَيْمَانُ، ادْخُلْ فَإِنَّكَ مَمْلُوكٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ. وَأَجَازَ سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدَبٍ شَهَادَةَ امْرَأَةٍ مُنْتَقِبَةٍ.Al-Qasim, Al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin, Az-Zuhri, and Ata permitted the witness of the blind. Ash-Sha'bi said, "The witness of a blind man is valid if he is intelligent and witty." Al-Hakam said, "The witness of a blind man in certain things is to be accepted." Az-Zuhri said, "Suppose Ibn Abbas gave a witness against me, would you reject his witness?" Ibn Abbas used to send a man to watch the sunset so that he might break his fast. He would ask about the dawn, and if he was informed that it was dawn, he would offer two Rak'a prayer. Sulaiman bin Yasar said, "I asked Aishah to admit me into her house, and she recognized my voice and said, 'Sulaiman! Come in, as you are still a slave so long as you still owe part of the price of your manumission.'" Samura bin Jundab accepted the evidence of a veiled woman.

Sahih Bukhari : 2655

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، لَقَدْ أَذْكَرَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا آيَةً، أَسْقَطْتُهُنَّ مِنْ سُورَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ وَزَادَ عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ تَهَجَّدَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَيْتِي فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَ عَبَّادٍ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ، أَصَوْتُ عَبَّادٍ هَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ عَبَّادًا ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) heard a man (reciting Qur'an) in the Mosque, and he said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy upon him. No doubt, he made me remember such-and such Verses of such-and-such Sura which I dropped (from my memory). Narrated Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Tahajjud prayer in my house, and then he heard the voice of `Abbad who was praying in the Mosque, and said, "O `Aisha! Is this `Abbad's voice?" I said, "Yes." He said, "O Allah! Be merciful to `Abbad!"

Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 2655In-book reference : Book 52, Hadith 19USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 48, Hadith 823

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