Hadith record

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the compurgation (sworn endorsements), did the Sunnah flow with regards to it?’ So he asws said: ‘Yes. Two men from the Helpers went out to collect fruits. So they separated, and one of the two was found to be dead. So his companion said to Rasool-Allah saww , ‘But rather, the Jews killed our companion’. So Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The Jews should swear an oath’. So they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah saww ! How can we get the Jews to swear upon our brother, and they are an Infidel people?’ He saww said: ‘So you all swear an oath’. They said, ‘How can we swear upon what we do not know, and did not witness?’ He asws said: ‘So the Prophet saww paid him from himself saww ’. I said, ‘How did the compurgation (sworn endorsements) come to be?’ So he asws said: ‘But, it is the truth, and had it not been for that, the people would have killed each other. But rather, the compurgation (sworn endorsements) is a safeguard which the people are safeguarded by’.

Translation: HubeAli·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.