The Difference Between Bearing and Performing in Testimonies
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the book of testimonies, what is the difference between bearing (tahammul) and the testimony (shahadah)?
Answer:
Bearing testimony and performing it. Bearing testimony means being called to testify regarding a marriage contract or a sales contract; this is bearing testimony. As for performing it, this is when a dispute arises before the judge and you are called to perform the testimony you bore; then you must perform it, and witnesses must not refuse when they are called. They said that this includes both bearing and performing, meaning that a witness must not refuse when called to bear testimony, nor when called to perform it, because this preserves rights. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the book of testimonies, what is the difference between bearing (tahammul) and the testimony (shahadah)?
Answer:
Bearing testimony and performing it. Bearing testimony means being called to testify regarding a marriage contract or a sales contract; this is bearing testimony. As for performing it, this is when a dispute arises before the judge and you are called to perform the testimony you bore; then you must perform it, and witnesses must not refuse when they are called. They said that this includes both bearing and performing, meaning that a witness must not refuse when called to bear testimony, nor when called to perform it, because this preserves rights. Yes.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (51:17)
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