The wisdom behind witnesses gathering in a single session
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Question:
Therefore, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the wisdom behind the witnesses’ right to be in a single session? And who is the one who demands the witnesses to testify? Is it the judge or someone else?
Answer:
The witnesses are required to meet him, and the one who is present with them for the testimony asks them: “What do you testify to, so-and-so? What do you testify to?” He is the one who asks them, or he remains silent until they testify before him. The wisdom behind it being necessary for them to gather in a single session is concealment, concealment for the Muslims, narrowing this circle, narrowing this circle so that the immorality does not spread among those who believe. Yes.
Therefore, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the wisdom behind the witnesses’ right to be in a single session? And who is the one who demands the witnesses to testify? Is it the judge or someone else?
Answer:
The witnesses are required to meet him, and the one who is present with them for the testimony asks them: “What do you testify to, so-and-so? What do you testify to?” He is the one who asks them, or he remains silent until they testify before him. The wisdom behind it being necessary for them to gather in a single session is concealment, concealment for the Muslims, narrowing this circle, narrowing this circle so that the immorality does not spread among those who believe. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 83 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|باب حد الزنا|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:22)
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