Of Shahddit, or Evidence.
Chap, p Introductory, ~ - _ _
Section. (Mifcellaneous,) - - 675
Chap. II. O f the Acceptance and Rejection of Evidence, 682
Chap. III. O f the Difagreement of Witnefles in their Teftimony, 697
Chap. IV. O f Evidence relative to Inheritance, - 70 c
Chap. V . O f Atteftation of Evidence, - - 709
Section. (Concerning the Stigmatizing of Falfe
Witnefles,) - - 715
B O O K XXII.
Of Retractation of Evidence,, - - - 717
T R A N S L A T I O N
OF T HE
H E D T
A
C O M M E N T A R Y
on the
M U S S U L M A N L A W S .
B O O K VII.
Of H O O D O O D , or P U N I SH M E N T S . *
HO O D O O D is the plural of Hidd; and Hidd in its primitive Definition of
fenfe fignifies obftruction; whence a porter or gatekeeper is Hidd-
termed the Hidddd, or obftrudtor, from his office of prohibting people
from entering. In law it exprefies the corredtion appointed and fpe-
cified by the law on account of the right of God, and hence the.
extenfion of the term Hidd to retaliation is not approved, fince retaliation
is due as a right of man, and not as a right of God-, and in the
* Thefe are here confined folely to whoredom, drunkenness, and /lander. T h e punifh-
ments for theft, & c . are treated o f under their proper heads.
V d i . I I . B fame