Today's daf has a Mishna that tells us to turn to the Kutim for advice on the status of a ketem, stained item of clothing. Many examples are shared regarding what is trusted and not trusted when it comes to the opinions of Kutim.
Kutim are trusted when they say that that they buried a still-born infant in a certain place. They are also trusted when they testify regarding markings on grave sites. They are not trusted regarding to questions about overhanging boughs or protrusions that jut out of stone fences when a grave might sit beneath it. They are also not trusted when deciding whether or not a field is a beit haperas, a field that might hold a dead body. We must be careful when fields are plowed in case their former use was as a grave site.
We learn that in general, the Kutim are trusted in areas of Jewish law that they agree with bu that they are not trusted in areas where they disagree with Jewish law.
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