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أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص كَانَ يَحْكُمُ فِي زِنْدِيقٍ إِذَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ عَدْلَانِ مَرْضِيَّانِ وَ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَلْفٌ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ جَازَتْ شَهَادَةُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَ أَبْطَلَ شَهَادَةَ الْأَلْفِ لِأَنَّهُ دِينٌ مَكْتُومٌ.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
9. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan Shammun from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al- Rahman from Misma‘ ibn ‘ Abd al-Malik who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, Alayhi al-Salam, in the case of an atheist would issue a judgment. If two just and acceptable people testified against him and one thousand in his favor, he (the Imam) would accept the testimony of two people. He (the Imam) would reject the testimony of one thousand because it is a hidden religion.” (It is considered applicable when the testimonies are presented in different times.)
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary1 available source
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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1- ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (24/263)