[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said such and such with a witness, and it is possible that he meant by it the type of witnesses. It has been narrated from Ibn Abi 'Aroubah from Qatadah from Khalas from Abu Rafe' from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said about two men who disputed over property that neither of them had clear evidence for, "Let them both swear an oath on the right side." Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "The other opinion is that he should judge between them and divide the property into two halves, because the evidence of each of them is equal."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَذَا قَالَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمُرَادُ بِهِ جِنْسَ الشُّهُودِ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَيْهِ فِي مَتَاعٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَالْقَوْلُ الْآخَرُ أَنَّهُ يَقْضِي بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ لِأَنَّ حُجَّةَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِيهَا سَوَاءٌ