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the three, in turn, testified against the two, alleging that they were the ones who drowned him; in such a case the diyah (blood money) is charged to their ʿāqilahs (male agnate relatives) in five equal parts—one-fifth of the diyah upon the ʿāqilah of each boy—for every one of them is simply pushing the blame away from himself. Accordingly, the testimony of some of them against the others is inadmissible. I know of no dissent among the jurists that no oath is joined to the solitary testimony of a minor in matters of accidental wounds or accidental killing. Allah knows best.
الثلاثة على الاثنين أنهما غرقاه كانت الدية على عواقلهم أخماسا خمس الدية على عالقة كل صبي منهم لأنه يدرأ عن نفسه ولا تقبل شهادة بعضهم على بعض ولا خلاف علمته بين العلماء في أنه لا يحلف مع شهادة الصبي الواحد في شيء من جراح الخطأ ولا قتل الخطأ والله أعلم