The Admissibility of Documents and Papers as Evidence
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do documents and papers, such as contracts and the like, count as evidence, or is it required that the evidence be witnesses only?
Answer:
This is left to the judge. If he trusts the papers, and it is a letter from one judge to another regarding the witnesses, then he acts upon it. As for ordinary papers, he does not accept them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do documents and papers, such as contracts and the like, count as evidence, or is it required that the evidence be witnesses only?
Answer:
This is left to the judge. If he trusts the papers, and it is a letter from one judge to another regarding the witnesses, then he acts upon it. As for ordinary papers, he does not accept them. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وشرط كون مدع ومنكر جائزي التصرف — islamhouse.com (49:57)
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