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Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Punishments

Punishment of false testimony

875. hadíth

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: فِی شَاهِدِ الزُّورِ مَا تَوْبَتُهُ قَالَ یُؤَدِّی الْمَالَ الَّذِی شَهِدَ عَلَیْهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا ذَهَبَ مِنْ مَالِهِ إِنْ کَانَ النِّصْفَ أَوِ الثُّلُثَ إِنْ کَانَ یَشْهَدُ هُوَ وَ آخَرُ مَعَهُ أَدَّی النِّصْفَ.

5. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from his father from Safwan from al-’Ala from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) was asked how a false testifier should repent. He replied, “The person should recompense the loss of wealth because of his false testimony. If the victim has lost one third of his wealth, it should be repaid. If he has lost half of his wealth, the same should be repaid and if the loss is due to testimony of two persons, they both should repay it together.”

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