Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم gave a decision on the basis of an oath and a single witness.

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: A man from Banu Sahm went out with Tamim ad-Dari and Adi ibn BAdda. The man of Banu Sahm died in the land where no Muslim was present. When they returned with his inheritance, they (the heirs) did not find a silver cup with lines of gold (in his property). The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم administered on oath to them. The cup was then found (with someone) at Makkah. They said: We have bought it from Tamim and Adi. Then two men from the heirs of the man of Banu Sahm got up and swore saying: Our witness is more reliable than their witness. They said that the cup belonged to their man. He (Ibn Abbas) said: The following verse was revealed about them: "O ye who believe! when death approaches any of you. . . . . "

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم gave a decision on the basis of an oath and a single witness. Abu Dawud said: Al-Rabi bin Sulaiman al-muadhdhin told me some additional words in this tradition: Al-Shafi'i told me from Abd al-Aziz. I then mentioned it fo Suhail who said: Rabiah told me - and he is reliable in my opinion - that I told him this (tradition) and I do not remember it. Abd al-Aziz said: Suhail suffered from some disease which caused him to lose a little of his intelligence, and he forgot some of his traditions. Thereafter Suhail would narrate traditions from Rabiah on the authority of his father.

Ibn Abi Mulaikah said: Ibn Abbas wrote to me that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had defendant should take an oath.