but then if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit sin let two others take their place of those nearly concerned and let them swear by allah verily our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed for them indeed we should be of the evildoers.
فإن عثر على أنهما استحقا إثما فآخران يقومان مقامهما من الذين استحق عليهم الأوليان فيقسمان بالله لشهادتنا أحق من شهادتهما وما اعتدينا إنا إذا لمن الظالمين