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Kitabush Shahadat [Arsh] - Accepted and rejected witnesses

Question 2208) - Are there people who's Arsh is not accepted?

A: Yes, the Arsh of the following is not accepted:

1. A blind person.
2. Slave
3. One lashed for slander, even if he has repented.
4. One may not testify for one's father or grandfather, or son or grandson.
5. A spouse may not testify for the other.
6. An owner may not testify for his freed-slave or Mukatab.
7. A partner may not testify in that which he shares with the partner.
8. Transsexual.
9. Professional mourner.
10. Songstress.
11. An addict who drinks besides wine.
12. One who plays with birds.
13. One who sings to people.
14. One involved in major sins, particularly those associated with a Hadd.
15. One who enters the bath without a lower garment.
16. A consumer of usury.
17. One who gambles with backgammon and chess.
18. One who perpetrates demeaning acts such as urinating in the road and eating while walking.
19. He who vilifies the pious predecessors.
20. A Kafir from the lands of the Kuffar may not testify against a Kafir living under Islaam.
21. Someone who has enmity against another for wordly reasons may not testify against him.

~ al-Quduri ~