What is the liability if a retracting witness is unknown, insane, dead, or inaccessible?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Judicial Rulings

Book 64 · Issue 19 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the state of the co-witness is unknown (e.g., insane, dead, or inaccessible), no Qisas is incumbent upon the admitting witness, but that witness must pay their share of the weighty indemnity.