but if it is discovered that both of them have been subject to sinning then two others shall stand in their place these being the nearest of those most concerned and they shall swear by allah our testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed because then we would surely be among the harmdoers
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