A witness is a person who can provide information for the purposes of investigation, prosecution and justice regarding a criminal case that he himself heard, saw for himself and experienced for himself. The rules regarding the procedures for how a person can be presented as a defendant and then whether he will then be sentenced or not are regulated in a series of writings called the Criminal Procedure Law. In handing down a criminal decision, according to article 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a judge may not impose a crime on someone unless there are at least two pieces of evidence. One of the pieces of evidence that can be used by a judge is witness testimony. Children can be witnesses in a criminal trial. However, the validity of children's testimony is often still in doubt and further investigation is needed regarding the validity of children as witnesses in court. In Indonesia itself, the definition of child is regulated in various statutory regulations, including Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection. A child is defined as someone who is not yet 18 (eighteen) years old, including children who are still in the womb. This article will explain more specifically the involvement of children as children in conflict with the law in the case of children who are witnesses to criminal acts, the position of children as witnesses in criminal trials, and the strength of the evidence of child witnesses' statements in criminal trials.

Culture and humans can be seen as inseparable because both shape life.    The purpose of this study is to understand the extent to which the tradition of rain handlers in community beliefs can be intervened through the integration of values in the verses of the Qur'an and reviewed through the maqashid sharia point of view. The research method used is qualitative with a case study approach, involving 138 respondents selected using a purposive sampling technique. The main instrument used was a questionnaire, and data collection was conducted in compliance with research ethics. Data analysis was conducted through content analysis techniques. In Indonesia, culture is defined as different behaviors that are passed down through generations. In terms of cultural misconceptions, Indonesia has diverse cultural qualities, such as the culture of rain handling. This is common during major events, and rain handlers are instructed to shift the wind and clouds. And in its operation it still causes controversy. The concept of maqashid sharia does not influence the legal basis of the rain handler tradition. The rain guide tradition is based on mutual benefit and maslahat mursalah. The practice of the rain guide tradition can also be inspired by the munasabah verse of the Qur'an, so that the rain guide tradition still has a position in its implementation, and the local culture of the rain guide tradition includes aspects of living habits that involve the scope of sociology and cultural anthropology