Is testimony accepted if two witnesses testify that a group of men accosted them on the road and committed highway robbery against another person?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Highway Robbers

Book 52 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

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The testimony of two witnesses stating that a group of men stopped them on the road and committed highway robbery against another person is accepted. This is because the witnesses' statement did not establish them as adversaries (*khusum*) to the accused.