«إِنَّهُ جَدَلَهُ خَاسِيًا وَأَفَاحَ دَمَهُ خَالِيًا، فَأَنَّى لِي شَاهِدٌ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ مُشَاهِدٌ»
He struck my son down in disgrace and shed his blood in solitude; how could I have a witness when no one saw it?
The elder claims the killing took place privately, making eyewitnesses unavailable. Shāhid / mushāhid and khāsiyan / khāliyan create patterned echoes. The absence of witnesses proves neither that the act happened nor who committed it.
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The Raḥbiyyah Maqāmah — An Accusation, an Unusual Oath and a Hundred-Mithqāl Offer
«إِنَّهُ جَدَلَهُ خَاسِيًا وَأَفَاحَ دَمَهُ خَالِيًا، فَأَنَّى لِي شَاهِدٌ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ مُشَاهِدٌ»
He struck my son down in disgrace and shed his blood in solitude; how could I have a witness when no one saw it?
The elder claims the killing took place privately, making eyewitnesses unavailable. Shāhid / mushāhid and khāsiyan / khāliyan create patterned echoes. The absence of witnesses proves neither that the act happened nor who committed it.