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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on the Requirement of Witnesses in the False Accusation of Adultery

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it required to have witnesses in the case of falsely accusing someone of zina? Witnesses

Answer:
Yes, the punishment for the heart (i.e., the fixed punishment) is established either by confession or by the testimony of two witnesses that he said such and such. Yes.
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