Ishaq, from Abu al-Nadr, from Badhan—meaning Abu Salih, the freed slave of Umm Hani bint Abi Talib—from Ibn Abbas, from Tamim al-Dari, regarding this verse: "O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you," he said: The people were cleared of it except for me and ‘Adi ibn Badda’. Both were Christians who used to travel to al-Sham before Islam. They came to al-Sham for their trade, and a freed slave of the Banu Sahm—called Budayl ibn Abi Maryam—came to them with merchandise, including a silver goblet he intended for the King, which was the bulk of his trade. He fell ill and entrusted them [with his affairs] and ordered them to deliver what he left to his family. Tamim said: When he died, we took that goblet and sold it for one thousand dirhams. Then, ‘Adi ibn Badda’ and I divided it between us. When we arrived to his family, we gave them what we had with us. They missed the goblet and asked us about it, so we said: He left nothing else, and he handed us nothing else.

Tamim said: When I embraced Islam after the Prophet (ﷺ) arrived in Medina, I felt guilty about that, so I went to his family and informed them of the news, and I gave them five hundred dirhams and informed them that my companion had the same amount. They rushed to him to make him swear by that which he is committed to by the people of his religion. He swore, so Allah revealed: "O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you" up to His saying: "And they both swear by Allah." Then ‘Amr ibn al-‘As and another man from them stood up and swore, and the five hundred [dirhams] were extracted from ‘Adi ibn Badda’.

[6942] Muhammad ibn Sa‘d al-‘Awfi informed us in what he wrote to me, my father narrated to me, my uncle narrated to me, my father narrated to me from his father, from Ibn Abbas, regarding "And they both swear by Allah," he says: They swear by Allah after the prayer.

[6943] Ahmad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi informed us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "And they both swear by Allah: Our testimony is more truthful than their testimony, and we have not transgressed." They say: O you [people], your companion made this will, and this is his legacy.

His saying, the Exalted: "If you have doubts"

[6944] My father narrated to us, Abu Salih—the scribe of al-Layth—narrated to us, al-Layth narrated to me, ‘Uqayl narrated to me, he said: Ibn Shihab [regarding] His saying: "If you have doubts, [and] we do not purchase with it a price," he said: They used to say it is among the people of inheritance from the Muslims; some of them witness the dying person from whom they inherit, and some of them are absent from him. So, the one who witnessed him testifies to what he bequeathed to his relatives and others, and they inform those who were absent from them