Chapter on False Testimony and What Has Been Reported Regarding it

Ibrahim ibn Abdul Hamid reported from Abu Basir, who narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, regarding a woman for whom two witnesses testified that her husband had died. She then remarried, but later her first husband returned. Imam عليه السلام said: "The second husband owes her the dowry because he lawfully enjoyed her intimacy. The two witnesses are to be given the prescribed punishment (for false testimony) and held liable for the dowry due to having deceived the man. The woman must observe the waiting period ('iddah) and then return to her first husband."