What is the consequence when it becomes known that witnesses gave false testimony regarding a matter of financial claim?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Judicial Rulings

Book 64 · Issue 9 · Bab 1

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When it is known that the witnesses gave false testimony, the judgment is revealed to have been void, and its nullification is obligatory because the falsehood of their testimony and the nullity of the ruling have been established. If the subject of the judgment was property, it must be returned to its rightful owner. If the subject involved destruction or damage (*itlaf*), the witnesses must guarantee compensation because they were the cause of the destruction, unless the falsehood is proven through their own admission against themselves without the agreement of the person in whose favor the judgment was rendered, in which case this constitutes a retraction of their testimony, the ruling for which has already been detailed.