The ruling on the testimony of witnesses regarding a man and a woman in seclusion
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Question:
If four witnesses testify, or rather, if it is said that they saw so-and-so and so-and-so in a state of seclusion, but they did not accuse them of unlawful sexual intercourse, rather they said this, are they excused and not punished, and what is their ruling?
Answer:
This is not falsely accusing someone of zina; this is not falsely accusing someone of zina. If they say, "We found so-and-so in seclusion with so-and-so in a car," or "We found them in a place," this is not falsely accusing someone of zina; rather, it is merely a matter of suspicion, a matter of suspicion. It is true that the one in seclusion with a non-mahram is subject to suspicion. This is considered enjoining good and forbidding evil. So these people will be rewarded for this, and this woman and this man will be disciplined for this forbidden seclusion, or this place that is a cause for suspicion. People must be monitored, and enjoining good and forbidding evil is necessary. But this is not a matter of falsely accusing someone of zina; rather, it is forbidding what is wrong. Yes.
If four witnesses testify, or rather, if it is said that they saw so-and-so and so-and-so in a state of seclusion, but they did not accuse them of unlawful sexual intercourse, rather they said this, are they excused and not punished, and what is their ruling?
Answer:
This is not falsely accusing someone of zina; this is not falsely accusing someone of zina. If they say, "We found so-and-so in seclusion with so-and-so in a car," or "We found them in a place," this is not falsely accusing someone of zina; rather, it is merely a matter of suspicion, a matter of suspicion. It is true that the one in seclusion with a non-mahram is subject to suspicion. This is considered enjoining good and forbidding evil. So these people will be rewarded for this, and this woman and this man will be disciplined for this forbidden seclusion, or this place that is a cause for suspicion. People must be monitored, and enjoining good and forbidding evil is necessary. But this is not a matter of falsely accusing someone of zina; rather, it is forbidding what is wrong. 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 (1:12:45)
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