The Ruling on Testifying to the Sale of Land That the Witness Does Not Know
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Question:
Two men are in a court, and one of them wants to sell a large piece of land to the other. Does he invite any person to witness the sale, even though he does not know him, or is this rejected by employing paid witnesses?
Answer:
A witness does not testify except to something he knows. If they know the land and its boundaries, and they know that the sale was issued by its owner—whether they heard the owner sell it or knew that the contract was established from him—then they testify to that. As for testifying to something they do not know, that is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Two men are in a court, and one of them wants to sell a large piece of land to the other. Does he invite any person to witness the sale, even though he does not know him, or is this rejected by employing paid witnesses?
Answer:
A witness does not testify except to something he knows. If they know the land and its boundaries, and they know that the sale was issued by its owner—whether they heard the owner sell it or knew that the contract was established from him—then they testify to that. As for testifying to something they do not know, that is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/143 — archive.org (14:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.