What is the validity of a restrained person's admission regarding financial liability or liability for blood money arising from refusal to swear an oath?
Chapter on Qasamah (Oaths regarding murder)
Al-Mughni
Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)
Primary text
If a person under restraint admits to a debt involving property or becomes liable for blood money (*diyah*) due to refusing to swear an oath (*nukul 'an al-yamin*), this liability does not bind their assets while they remain under restraint. This is because an admission of property liability made by such a person is not accepted for the purpose of taking anything from their property immediately, according to established principles.