1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Zur’ah from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the testimony of a father for his son or a son’s testimony for his father and the testimony of a brother for his brother. He (the Imam) said, ’It is permissible.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the testimony of a father for his son, the testimony of a son for his father and the testimony of a brother for his brother. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from abu al-Mighra’ from al-Halabiy who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The testimony of a father for his son, the testimony of a son for his father and the testimony of a brother for his brother is permissible.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from ‘Ammar ibn Marwan who has narrated the following: “I or a certain persons of our people asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who testifies for his father or a father testifies for his son or for his brother. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if it is for a good cause. His testimony is permissible for his father as is the case with a father’s testimony for his son or a brother’s testimony for his brother.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.