Hadith 20

Sahih Bukhari

Book 52: Witnesses

Chapter 11

The witness of a blind man, his marriage, his affairs

بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الأَعْمَى، وَأَمْرِهِ وَنِكَاحِهِ وَإِنْكَاحِهِ وَمُبَايَعَتِهِ وَقَبُولِهِ فِي التَّأْذِينِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَمَا يُعْرَفُ بِالأَصْوَاتِ

Al-Qasim, Al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin, Az-Zuhri, and Ata permitted the witness of the blind. Ash-Sha'bi said, "The witness of a blind man is valid if he is intelligent and witty." Al-Hakam said, "The witness of a blind man in certain things is to be accepted." Az-Zuhri said, "Suppose Ibn Abbas gave a witness against me, would you reject his witness?" Ibn Abbas used to send a man to watch the sunset so that he might break his fast. He would ask about the dawn, and if he was informed that it was dawn, he would offer two Rak'a prayer. Sulaiman bin Yasar said, "I asked Aishah to admit me into her house, and she recognized my voice and said, 'Sulaiman! Come in, as you are still a slave so long as you still owe part of the price of your manumission.'" Samura bin Jundab accepted the evidence of a veiled woman.
وَأَجَازَ شَهَادَتَهُ قَاسِمٌ وَالْحَسَنُ وَابْنُ سِيرِينَ وَالزُّهْرِيُّ وَعَطَاءٌ. وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُ إِذَا كَانَ عَاقِلاً. وَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ رُبَّ شَيْءٍ تَجُوزُ فِيهِ. وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ شَهِدَ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ أَكُنْتَ تَرُدُّهُ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَبْعَثُ رَجُلاً إِذَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَفْطَرَ، وَيَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْفَجْرِ فَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ طَلَعَ. صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ. وَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَعَرَفَتْ صَوْتِي قَالَتْ سُلَيْمَانُ، ادْخُلْ فَإِنَّكَ مَمْلُوكٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ. وَأَجَازَ سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدَبٍ شَهَادَةَ امْرَأَةٍ مُنْتَقِبَةٍ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2656
حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏‏.‏ وَكَانَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ رَجُلاً أَعْمَى، لاَ يُؤَذِّنُ حَتَّى يَقُولَ لَهُ النَّاسُ أَصْبَحْتَ‏.‏
"‏ إِنَّ بِلاَلاً يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ ـ أَوْ قَالَ حَتَّى تَسْمَعُوا ـ أَذَانَ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ ‏"
`Abdullah bin `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan when it is still night (before dawn), so eat and drink till the next Adhan is pronounced (or till you hear Ibn Um Maktum's Adhan)." Ibn Um Maktum was a blind man who would not pronounce the Adhan till he was told that it was dawn.