[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Shall I not inform you of the best martyrs? It is the one who comes with his testimony before being asked for it.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ الشُّهَدَاءِ؟ الَّذِي يَأْتِي بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَهَا  

[Machine] “Whoever has a testimony should not say, 'I will not testify with it except in the presence of an imam,' but rather he should testify, hoping that he may reconsider and rectify. This is suspended, and it is correct, and it has been narrated in an elevated manner, and its elevation is not valid."  

مَنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ شَهَادَةٌ فَلَا يَقُلْ لَا أَشْهَدُ بِهَا إِلَّا عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ لَعَلَّهُ يَرْجِعُ وَيَرْعَوِي هَذَا مَوْقُوفٌ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مَرْفُوعًا وَلَا يَصِحُّ رَفْعُهُ  

[Machine] Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote: "Whoever possesses testimony but does not testify where they saw it or where they know it to be, then indeed they testify against themselves. This is a clear-cut grievance between the Thaqafi and Umar."  

كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ مَنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ شَهَادَةٌ فَلَمْ يَشْهَدْ بِهَا حَيْثُ رَآهَا أَوْ حَيْثُ عَلِمَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ضِغْنٍ هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَ الثَّقَفِيِّ وَعُمَرَ ؓ