The assessment of testimony issue in terms of the islamic law and the modern law

One of the controversial issues has been testimony by Islamic teaching and modern law. Testimony has remained on the agenda as a matter of fact going beyond time and place since the creation of universe. One of the means of evidence is the concern of testimony. According to the conditions of witnessing, rights of individuals and society are attempted to be conceived with sometimes four, generally two or rarely one witness. Main purpose of witnessing is to reveal the truth in terms of rights and realizing the Justice. Matter of testimony in Islamic Law and the Modern Law has always been discussed and those ongoing discussions are still alive. In this study we will try to illuminate the common or opposite approaches of Islamic law and the modern law over the matter of testimony and we will try to determine their general views and attitudes on this subject. In this context we will have a brief comparison between the views of human judgment system and Islamic judgment system handling the situation of women and men in terms of testimony, principals of the criteria in trials and their similarities and differences.