Hadith 179
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Hadith.3322 - Al-Ala narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), regarding a man who observes the accounting between two men and is then called to testify.
Imam (as) said
"If he wishes, he may testify, and if he wishes, he may abstain from testifying."
3322 - رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَاقِرِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَشْهَدُ حِسَابَ اَلرَّجُلَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُدْعَى إِلَى اَلشَّهَادَةِ قَالَ
"إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ".
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- Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #180 "He should testify."