Is the testimony complete when one witness testifies to an admission made on one date/location and another witness testifies to an admission regarding the same matter made on a different date/location?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Judicial Rulings
Primary text
The testimony is complete when one witness testifies that the person admitted a liability (e.g., murder, slander, usurpation, debt) on a specific day in Damascus, and another witness testifies that the person admitted the same matter on another day in Homs. This is the view held by Abu Hanifa and Al-Shafi'i. The justification is that the subject of the admission is singular, and two witnesses have attested to that admission, thus completing the testimony, analogous to when two witnesses testify to a single act. It is established practice to seek witnesses where they are, rather than gathering them to the plaintiff, allowing them to attest to admissions made at different times and places.
Supporting text
Zufar holds that the testimony is not complete because each admission was witnessed by only one person, rendering the testimony incomplete, similar to witnessing an act itself.