Testimony
وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ أَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللَّهَ رَبَّهُ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَ ۚ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُ آثِمٌ قَلْبُهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ {283}
And if you were upon a journey and cannot find a scribe, so (there could be) a security pledged; but if you are trusting each other, then let the one who is entrusted should deliver his entrustment and let him fear Allah, his Lord. And do not conceal ‘الشَّهَادَةَ ’ the testimony, and the one who conceals it, so he is of a sinful heart; and Allah is a Knower of what you are doing [2:283]
محمد بن يعقوب: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن عبد العظيم بن عبد الله الحسني، قال
Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdul Azeem Bin Abdullah Al-Hasany who said,
حدثني أبو جعفر الثاني (عليه السلام)، [قال: «سمعت أبي] يقول: سمعت أبي موسى بن جعفر (عليه السلام) يقول: دخل عمرو بن عبيد على أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، فلما سلم و جلس تلا هذه الآية الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَ الْفَواحِشَ ثم أمسك، فقال له أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): ما أسكتك؟ قال: أحب أن أعرف الكبائر من كتاب الله عز و جل
‘Abu Ja’far-asws the Second narrated to me (from his forefather) Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws; ‘Amro Bin Ubeyd came up to Abu Abdullah-asws. So when he had greeted, and was seated, he recited this Verse Those who are shunning the major sins and the immoralities [53:32], then held back. So Abu Abdullah-asws said to him: ‘What made you withhold?’ He said, ‘I would love to understand the major sins from the Book of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.
فقال: نعم- يا عمرو
Therefore, he-asws said: ‘Yes – O Amro –
…..و شهادة الزور و كتمان الشهادة، لأن الله عز و جل يقول: وَ مَنْ يَكْتُمْها فَإِنَّهُ آثِمٌ قَلْبُهُ
And perjury and the concealment of the testimony, because Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying And do not conceal the testimony, and the one who conceals it, so he is of a sinful heart [2:283].[1] (Extract)
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[1] Al Kafi – H 2454 (Extract)