I Had a Fight with Someone and Struck Him. He Filed a Complaint at the Police Station - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 2

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Question 19

I had a fight with someone and struck him. He filed a complaint at the police station and falsely accused me of robbery, which was not true. When I was brought before the judge, he said: 'Will you swear on the Quran so that you can be released? If you do not swear, you will be convicted of robbery,' which according to him would mean a fifteen-year sentence. I swore on the Quran that I had not struck him even though I had struck him during the fight, and after I swore I was released. What is the ruling on my having sworn falsely on the Quran in order to escape their accusation? Do I owe an expiation, and what is it?

Source: Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 2; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 19; Page Not available; FIQH-MISC-V2-Q019. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗