Writing down debts and calling witnesses

Sha'rawi treats the debt verse, the longest in the Qur'an, as documentation that protects both creditor and debtor. He holds that writing is not for the creditor alone ^{1 2}.

He says the scribe is a third party with no stake. Writing is a duty on whoever can write when needed. The witness bears testimony and then gives it before the judge, and both must not be harmed ^{5 3 6}.

He explains the pairing of two women with one man as resting on the fact that women are generally less involved in dealings, so one can remind the other if she errs. This is his own reason and he states it as his view ^{3 4}.

He holds that the debtor dictates because he is in the weaker position, and that someone unable to dictate has his guardian dictate with justice ⁷.

The reason he gives for women's testimony is his social reading and is contested. It has not been checked against the jurisprudence and exegesis, the academic view or any non-Sunni view. See also trust.