66.20 [Machine] Who rejects the testimony of children and who accepts it in cases of injuries as long as they have not reached puberty? Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The saying of Allah: "Among your men" [Al-Baqarah: 282] indicates that the testimony of children is not valid, and Allah knows best. It is because the verse was specifically addressing adults and not those who have not reached puberty. And because they are not among those whose testimony is accepted, as Allah has commanded us to accept the testimony of those whom we are pleased with." The Sheikh said: "And it has been narrated to us from the Prophet ﷺ that the pen is lifted from three: from the child until he reaches puberty, from the insane person until he regains sanity, and from the sleeping person until he wakes up." Al-Shafi'i said: "If someone says that Ibn Zubayr permitted it, then Ibn Abbas rejected it.

٦٦۔٢٠ بَابُ: مَنْ رَدَّ شَهَادَةَ الصِّبْيَانِ وَمَنْ قَبِلَهَا فِي الْجِرَاحِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: قَوْلُ اللهِ ﷻ: {مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ} [البقرة: 282] يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَجُوزَ شَهَادَةُ الصِّبْيَانِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ فِي شَيْءٍ , ولِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا خُوطِبَ بِالْفَرَائِضِ الْبَالِغُونَ دُونَ مَنْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ , وَلِأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا مِمَّنْ يُرْضَى مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ , وَإِنَّمَا أَمَرَنَا اللهُ أَنْ نَقْبَلَ شَهَادَةَ مَنْ نَرْضَى " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: " وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ , وَعَنِ الْمَعْتُوهِ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ , وَعَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ , قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: فَإِنْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ: أَجَازَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ , فَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَدَّهَا ".