Whose statement is accepted when there is a disagreement regarding the guardian's intended meaning?

Chapter on Qasamah (Oaths regarding murder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 3 · Bab 3

Open in Qurani

Primary text

When a dispute arises concerning the true intention behind the guardian's statement, the statement of the guardian himself is accepted as conclusive, because he possesses the most certain knowledge of his own intent.