so he killed him. Or: he died from it. Shurayh said to him: Get up, for there is no testimony for you. Narrated by Sa'id (19). Whoever testifies regarding adultery (zina), must mention the adulterer, the one with whom adultery was committed, the place of adultery, and its description, because the term adultery is applied to that which does not necessitate the prescribed punishment (hadd), and the witness might believe that which is not adultery to be adultery. Therefore, mentioning its description is considered (necessary) to remove probability; mentioning the woman is considered so that she may not be one who is lawful for him, or that he might have a doubt regarding his intercourse with her; and mentioning the place (is considered) so that their testimony might not be regarding two separate acts. Among our companions are those who said: It is not necessary to mention the one with whom adultery was committed, nor the place, because it is the locus of the act, so its mention is not considered, like time. If he testifies regarding theft, he must mention the theft of a minimum amount (nisab) from a secured place (hirz), mention the person from whom it was stolen, and the description of the theft. If he testifies regarding false accusation (qadhf), he must mention the person falsely accused and the description of the accusation. If he testifies regarding property, he needs to specify it in the same way we mentioned regarding the claim. If the witness leaves out the mention of something that needs to be mentioned, the judge asks him about it, just as Shurayh asked the witness who testified before him that he leaned on him with his elbow until he died. If the claimant clarifies his claim, or one of the two witnesses clarifies his testimony and testifies to it, and the other says: I testify to the same thing, or says when the claimant clarifies his claim: I testify to that, or to this, it suffices him.

1917- Issue; He said: (And if four come separately, and the judge is sitting in his place of judgment, he shall not stand before their testimony. And if some of them come after the judge has stood up, they are accusers (qadhfah), and the prescribed punishment (hadd) is upon them.)

We have already mentioned this issue in the Book of Hudud (1), in a manner that makes it unnecessary to repeat it here.

1918- Issue; He said: (And whoever is judged by their testimony regarding a wound or killing, then they retract and say: We acted intentionally, retaliation (qisas) shall be taken from them. And if they say: We erred, they shall pay the blood money (diya), or the compensation for the wound (arsh al-jarh).)

And the sum of the matter is that when witnesses retract their testimony after delivering it, it cannot be free from three conditions;