2802 Is there an expiation for false testimony?
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The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does false testimony have an expiation or is it repentance?
The Shaykh:
It has only repentance; it has no expiation unless a right is established whereby a right was taken from its owner. In that case, you must go to the judge and tell him, "My testimony was not valid." The judge will then annul the ruling and return the right to the one from whom it was taken.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If a witness testifies that so-and-so killed so-and-so with a false testimony, and retaliation is carried out against the person accused, and then the witness retracts his testimony, retaliation is carried out against him because he intentionally caused his death.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does false testimony have an expiation or is it repentance?
The Shaykh:
It has only repentance; it has no expiation unless a right is established whereby a right was taken from its owner. In that case, you must go to the judge and tell him, "My testimony was not valid." The judge will then annul the ruling and return the right to the one from whom it was taken.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
If a witness testifies that so-and-so killed so-and-so with a false testimony, and retaliation is carried out against the person accused, and then the witness retracts his testimony, retaliation is carried out against him because he intentionally caused his death.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2644 2802 هل لشهادة الزور كفارة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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