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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 1483

36. Judgements

موطأ مالك

1483
Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ خَصْمٍ وَلاَ ظَنِينٍ ‏.‏
Malik related to me that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "The testimony of some one known to bear a grudge or to be unreliable is not accepted."
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 36, Hadith 4
Arabic : Book 36, Hadith 1406