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Surah Al-Ma'idah
Verse 106

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِينَ who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe شَهَـٰدَةُ (Take) testimony بَيْنِكُمْ among you إِذَا when حَضَرَ approaches أَحَدَكُمُ one of you ٱلْمَوْتُ [the] death حِينَ (at the) time (of making) ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ [the] a will ٱثْنَانِ two ذَوَا men عَدْلٍۢ just مِّنكُمْ among you أَوْ or ءَاخَرَانِ two others مِنْ from غَيْرِكُمْ other than you إِنْ if أَنتُمْ you ضَرَبْتُمْ (are) travel(ing) فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُم then befalls you مُّصِيبَةُ calamity ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ (of) [the] death تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا Detain both of them مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ the prayer فَيُقْسِمَانِ and let them both swear بِٱللَّهِ by Allah إِنِ if ٱرْتَبْتُمْ you doubt لَا Not نَشْتَرِى we will exchange بِهِۦ it for ثَمَنًۭا a price وَلَوْ even if كَانَ he is ذَا (of) قُرْبَىٰ ۙ a near relative وَلَا and not نَكْتُمُ we will conceal شَهَـٰدَةَ testimony ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah إِنَّآ Indeed, we إِذًۭا then لَّمِنَ (will) surely (be) of ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ the sinners ١٠٦

O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you. Detain them after the prayer and let them both swear by Allāh if you doubt [their testimony, saying], "We will not exchange it [i.e., our oath] for a price [i.e., worldly gain], even if he should be a near relative, and we will not withhold the testimony of [i.e., ordained by] Allāh. Indeed, we would then be of the sinful."

— Come To Light

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