Claiming court expenses from the opposing party

Question

Question: Zayd brought a criminal case against ‘Umar and entangled him in it although he was blameless, and all the way up to the High Court ‘Umar remained acquitted; but he incurred heavy expenses in pursuing the case, and suffered enormous harm — disgrace, being weighed down, dishonour and loss to his business. The case went from the court of first instance up to the High Court, Zayd kept pressing on, and ‘Umar was acquitted by every court.

Answer

Whatever was spent in answering the false claim may rightly be recovered in full; for physical and mental suffering and dishonour there is no financial compensation (daman).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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