66. Witnesses
٦٦۔ كِتَابُ الشَّهَادَاتِ
[Machine] Abu Ubayd is not captured, meaning he is not imprisoned.
أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ لَا يُؤْسَرُ يَعْنِي لَا يُحْبَسُ
[Machine] Call upon whoever you want and bring forth reliable witnesses, for we have been commanded to produce witnesses. So come and ask about it." He said, "And he mentioned the narration that Ibn Lahia narrated from Yazid ibn Abi Habib from Ata ibn Abi Rabah that Al-Muttalib ibn Abi Wada'ah and Ya'la ibn Umayyah had a testimony in the time of ignorance (pre-Islam), so they presented it to Muawiyah during Islam and he approved it."
ادْعُ مَا شِئْتَ وَائْتِ بِشُهُودٍ عُدُولٍ فَإِنَّا أُمِرْنَا بِالْعُدُولِ وَائْتِ فَسَلْ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِيمَا رَوَى ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ أَنَّ الْمُطَّلِبَ بْنَ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ وَيَعْلَى بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُمَا شَهَادَةٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَرُفِعَا إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَجَازَهَا