[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , say, "The testimony of a Bedouin against the people of a village is not acceptable, and this is likely because the testimony carries weight in consideration, and it is considered that the witness in it is from the people of hidden knowledge." Shaykh Abu Sulayman al-Khattabi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "It is similar to the dislike of the testimony of the Bedouins due to their harshness in religion and their ignorance of the rulings of the Sharia, because they mostly fail to adhere to the testimony based on its true essence and they do not establish it according to its right due to their lack of knowledge about what it involves, and Allah knows best."  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَوِيٍّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ قَرْيَةٍ وَهَذَا يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَرَدَ فِي الشَّهَادَةِ عَلَى الِاعْتِبَارِ وَفِيمَا يُعْتَبَرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الشَّاهِدُ فِيهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِبْرَةِ الْبَاطِنَةِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الْخَطَّابِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْهُ يُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا كَرِهَ شَهَادَةَ أَهْلِ الْبَدْوِ لِمَا فِيهِمْ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ فِي الدِّينِ وَالْجَهَالَةِ بِأَحْكَامِ الشَّرِيعَةِ لِأَنَّهُمْ فِي الْغَالِبِ لَا يَضْبِطُونَ الشَّهَادَةَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا وَلَا يُقِيمُونَهَا عَلَى حَقِّهَا لِقُصُورِ عِلْمِهِمْ عَمَّا يُحِيلُهَا وَيُغَيِّرُهَا عَنْ جِهَتِهَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ