A man falsely accused: what they said on his pardoning it

Al-Awza'i said that al-Zuhri said: If a man slandered another, and that man forgave him and took witnesses to it, and then after that he brought him to the ruler, he is to be seized for that man's right, even if he had waited thirty years.

Ibn Awn said: I asked al-Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin about a man who falsely slandered another man, and that man forgave him: what is the ruling? Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "No."

And Ibn Sirin said: I do not know.

Ruzayq said: I wrote to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz about a man who had accused his son. His son said: "If my father is lashed, I will confess." Umar wrote back to me: "Lash him, unless he forgives him."