The concise opening formulation must be read with the commentary's qualification: an acknowledgment extracted by coercion is not treated as an ordinary voluntary admission. The rule provides no justification for forced statements or mistreatment.
An adjudicator therefore examines not only the words but also capacity and voluntariness. Fath al-Qadir explicitly discusses this qualification.
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Voluntariness and coercion
Kitab al-Iqrar: Capacity, Unspecified Rights, and Amounts in Admissions
The concise opening formulation must be read with the commentary's qualification: an acknowledgment extracted by coercion is not treated as an ordinary voluntary admission. The rule provides no justification for forced statements or mistreatment.
An adjudicator therefore examines not only the words but also capacity and voluntariness. Fath al-Qadir explicitly discusses this qualification.