The Ruling on Giving Testimony Without Being Asked
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Question:
This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that testimony must be based on truth and knowledge, and that the person must be asked to give testimony. So, does a man refrain from giving testimony until it is requested of him?
Answer:
Yes, this is the default ruling: he refrains and does not testify until he is asked. However, in a situation where he does not know that the person has a testimony and he fears the loss of the right of the one who is in the right, he gives it. If the owner of the right does not know that you have testimony for him and no one else is found to testify, and you have testimony to give, you give it even if you were not asked in this case. Yes.
This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that testimony must be based on truth and knowledge, and that the person must be asked to give testimony. So, does a man refrain from giving testimony until it is requested of him?
Answer:
Yes, this is the default ruling: he refrains and does not testify until he is asked. However, in a situation where he does not know that the person has a testimony and he fears the loss of the right of the one who is in the right, he gives it. If the owner of the right does not know that you have testimony for him and no one else is found to testify, and you have testimony to give, you give it even if you were not asked in this case. Yes.
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، تابع باب من أمارات الساعة 1 — islamhouse.com (48:39)
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