The Agreement of Fifty on Accusing a Person in the Case of Qasamah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in the chapter of qasamah, is it not conceivable that the fifty might agree to accuse a person unjustly, or based on a non-dominant suspicion?
Answer:
What is it to us regarding them? If they swear, we take their oath. If they swear, we take their oath, on the condition that there is a corroborating circumstance that makes their truthfulness more likely than not. If they are lying, it is between them and Allah; He is the One who takes charge of that. We take the oath, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did this. Now, we ask about more than this. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in the chapter of qasamah, is it not conceivable that the fifty might agree to accuse a person unjustly, or based on a non-dominant suspicion?
Answer:
What is it to us regarding them? If they swear, we take their oath. If they swear, we take their oath, on the condition that there is a corroborating circumstance that makes their truthfulness more likely than not. If they are lying, it is between them and Allah; He is the One who takes charge of that. We take the oath, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did this. Now, we ask about more than this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 104 من 123/شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع/الديات/الشجاج وكسر العظام/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:32)
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