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UIN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA<br />

UIN THE CADI APPEALS PANE<br />

UHOLDEN AT BANJUL<br />

APPEAL NO. AP/14/ 2005<br />

BETWEEN:<br />

MUSA SABILY…….. ……………………………………….…… APPELLANT<br />

AND:<br />

HASSANA BAYE ……………………………………….…….…RESPONDENT<br />

{Before: Justice Omar A. Secka Chairman, Alh. Ousman Jah Panelist and Alh.<br />

Mashona Kah Panelist at Banjul on Tuesday, November 6, 2007}<br />

UPRINCIPLES:<br />

1. The burden of proof lies on he who alleges, if not discharged, the burden of<br />

oath lies on a party against whom the allegation is made. See a prophetic<br />

tradition reported by Tabarani and Bayhaqi.<br />

2. A valid distribution of estate is the one that was conducted by Cadi in the<br />

presence of all parties and his two assessors or assistants. This is based on<br />

the popular pronouncement of Sayyadina Umar where he was reported to<br />

have said “give equal treatment to all parties before you and in application<br />

of justice to them as well as on how and where they stand before you in such<br />

a way that an influential person will not be confident in his influence and the<br />

poor will not be in a state of despair”.<br />

3. The share of a widow where the deceased leaves a child is 1/8. Qur’an 4:12

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