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Al-Ma'idah 5:107

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فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

But if it is found that those two were guilty of sin [i.e., perjury], let two others stand in their place [who are] foremost [in claim] from those who have a lawful right. And let them swear by Allāh, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فإن اطلع أولياء الميت على أن الشاهدين المذكورين قد أثما بالخيانة في الشهادة أو الوصية فليقم مقامهما في الشهادة اثنان من أولياء الميت فيقسمان بالله: لَشهادتنا الصادقة أولى بالقبول من شهادتهما الكاذبة، وما تجاوزنا الحق في شهادتنا، إنا إن اعتدينا وشهدنا بغير الحق لمن الظالمين المتجاوزين حدود الله.

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