the claim is upheld for the sum of one thousand1; with regard to the second thousand he may fortify it by taking an oath together with the testimony of a single female witness2 and thereby recover it.

If both witnesses testify that he owes Zayd one thousand3, and one of them then says, “He has paid back part of it,” that witness’s testimony is invalidated.

But if they testify that he lent him one thousand and afterwards one of them says, “He has repaid half of it,” their testimony remains valid.

It is impermissible for someone who has merely been informed by a trustworthy person that the debt has been settled to testify to that effect.

If two men, in a public gathering, testify concerning one of those present that he pronounced a divorce or emancipated a slave, or they testify concerning the preacher that he said or did something on the pulpit during the sermon, and no one else bears witness, their testimony is accepted.