Testimony is not accepted from: the child, the mentally incompetent, the mute, the unbeliever, the fâsiq, 1741 or one whose condition (in terms of credibility) is unknown.
Likewise, it is not accepted from: someone who will benefit himself or repel harm from it; the parent, however many generations removed, for the child; the child for the parent; the master for his or her slave or mukâtib, 1742 or their testimony for him or her; one spouse for the other; the guardian about that which is under his custody; the agent about that which is within his power of attorney; or the partner about the partnership. Moreover, the testimony of enemies against each other is not accepted, nor that of one who is known for frequent errors and oversights. Finally, testimony is not accepted from one who has no muroo’ah (integrity), like the one who acts foolishly, causing himself to be mocked; the one who exposes his private parts in public; and the like.
لاَ تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَةُ صَبِيٍّ، وَلاَ زَائِلِ اْلعَقْلِ، وَلاَ أَخْرَسَ، وَلاَ كَافِرٍ، وَلاَ فَاسِقٍ، وَلاَ مَجْهُوْلِ اْلحَالِ.
وَلاَ جَارٍّ إِلىٰ نَفْسِهِ نَفْعًا، وَلاَ دَافِعٍ عَنْهَا شَرًّا، وَلاَ شَهَادَةُ وَالِدٍ وَإِنْ عَلاَ لِوَلَدِهِ، وَلاَ وَلَدٍ لِوَالِدِهِ، وَلاَ سَيِّدٍ لِعَبْدِهِ وَلاَ مُكَاتِبِهِ، وَلاَ شَهَادَتُهُمَا لَهُ، وَلاَ أَحَدِ الزَّوْجَيْنِ لِصَاحِبِهِ، وَلاَ شَهَادَةُ اْلوَصِيِّ فِيْمَا هُوَ وَصِيٌّ فِيْهِ، وَلاَ اْلوَكِيْلِ فِيْمَا هُوَ وَكِيْلٌ فِيْهِ، وَلاَ الشَّرِيْكِ فِيْمَا هُوَ شَرِيْكٌ فِيْهِ، وَلاَ اْلعَدُوِّ عَلىٰ عَدُوِّهِ، وَلاَ مَعْرُوْفٍ بِكَثْرَةِ اْلغَلَطِ وَاْلغَفْلَةِ، وَلاَ مَنْ لاَ مُرُوْءَةَ لَهُ، كَالسُّخْرَةِ، وَكَاشِفِ عَوْرَتِهِ لِلنَّاظِرِيْنَ فِيْ حَمَّامٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ.