52. Witnesses

٥٢۔ كتاب الشهادات

52.27 The proof after (the defendant) has taken the oath

٥٢۔٢٧ باب مَنْ أَقَامَ الْبَيِّنَةَ بَعْدَ الْيَمِينِ

[Machine] "And the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Perhaps some of you are more eloquent in their arguments than others.' And Tawus, Ibrahim, and Shurayh said: 'A just argument backed by evidence is more deserving than a false oath."

وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَلْحَنُ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ». وَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ وَشُرَيْحٌ الْبَيِّنَةُ الْعَادِلَةُ أَحَقُّ مِنَ الْيَمِينِ الْفَاجِرَةِ.

bukhari:2680ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Zaynab > Um Salamah

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You people present your cases to me and some of you may be more eloquent and persuasive in presenting their argument. So, if I give some one's right to another (wrongly) because of the latter's (tricky) presentation of the case, I am really giving him a piece of fire; so he should not take it."  

البخاري:٢٦٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَىَّ وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَلْحَنُ بِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِحَقِّ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا بِقَوْلِهِ فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ فَلاَ يَأْخُذْهَا