The false witness: what is done with him?

Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah said: I saw Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) make a false witness stand in the evening in a waist-wrapper, while he was prodding at himself.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) would send the false witness to the mosque of his people or to his market and have it announced: "We have rejected this man's testimony (he is a liar)."

Abu Hasin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) was sitting with me and said: What did Shurayh do with a false witness when he caught him? I said: He would write down his name with himself, and then, if he was one of the Arabs, he would send him to the mosque of his people, and if he was one of the mawali (non-Arab clients), he would send him to his market, informing the people about him.

Ja'd said: I was present with Shurayh; he had the turban removed from the false witness's head and had him struck several blows.

It is narrated from Abd al-Karim al-Jazari (may Allah have mercy on him) that some people testified before Umar bin Abd al-Aziz regarding the new moon of Ramadan. He suspected them, gave each of them seventy lashes, and declared their testimony void.

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A false witness is to be given a discretionary punishment (ta'zir).

Al-Hasan said: A false witness is to be beaten somewhat and made known among the people, and it is to be announced: "This man is a false witness."

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A false witness is to be given less than forty lashes: thirty-five, thirty-six or thirty-seven.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) gave a false witness seventy lashes.

When a false witness came before Shurayh, he would have his turban removed and have him struck several blows.