What is the liability if a retracting witness is unknown, insane, dead, or inaccessible?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Judicial Rulings
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.