[Machine] "Bakr, Umar, and Uthman used to pass judgments based on the testimony of a single witness and the oath of the claimant. Ja'far and the judges also ruled according to this in our time. This was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Sabra from Abu Zinad, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: I was present when Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman ruled by taking an oath with the witness. Abu Bakr ibn Al-Harith informed us that Ali ibn Umar mentioned this. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Asad Al-Harawi narrated from Muhammad ibn Ishaqab, who narrated from Abu Asim, who narrated from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Sabra and mentioned this. The narration from Ali ibn Abi Talib and Ubayy ibn Ka'b is weak, while the narration from Sulaiman ibn Bilal, who narrated from Rabi'ah ibn Abi Abdur Rahman, that Umar ibn Al-Khattab wrote about this to Shurayh, even though it is disconnected, it confirms the narration of Ibn Abi Sabra."  

بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ كَانُوا يَقْضُونَ بِشَهَادَةِ الشَّاهِدِ الْوَاحِدِ وَيَمِينِ الْمُدَّعِي قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ وَالْقُضَاةُ يَقْضُونَ بِذَلِكَ عِنْدَنَا الْيَوْمَ 20674 وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَضَرْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ يَقْضُونَ بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَسَدٍ الْهَرَوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِشِكَابَ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ فَذَكَرَهُ وَالرِّوَايَةُ فِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ ضَعِيفَةٌ وَهِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ؓ مَشْهُورَةٌ وَفِيمَا رَوَى سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى شُرَيْحٍ وَهُوَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُنْقَطِعًا فَفِيهِ تَأْكِيدٌ لِرِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ