Hadith 5219

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

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وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ خَصْمٍ وَلاَ ظَنِينٍ .


Malik related to me that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "The testimony ofsome one known to bear a grudge or to be unreliable is not accepted."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 4

Arabic reference: Book 36, Hadith 1406