Is the statement (If they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims) evidence for accepting the testimony of the open sinner, given that the disbeliever is called to testify regarding a great matter?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:64] Is there evidence in the verse for accepting the testimony of the open sinner, as long as the disbeliever is called to testify regarding a great matter? How so? In His saying, the Exalted: [Ali 'Imran 3:64] Is there evidence in the verse?
The Shaykh:
I mean, the disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
And say: Bear witness that we are Muslims.
The Shaykh:
Bear witness to them that you differ from them in their religion. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there evidence in it for accepting the testimony of the open sinner, as long as the disbeliever is called to testify regarding a great matter?
The Shaykh:
I do not know this. I do not know. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, the Exalted:
But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَBut if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَThe Shaykh:
I mean, the disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
And say: Bear witness that we are Muslims.
The Shaykh:
Bear witness to them that you differ from them in their religion. Yes.
The questioner:
Is there evidence in it for accepting the testimony of the open sinner, as long as the disbeliever is called to testify regarding a great matter?
The Shaykh:
I do not know this. I do not know. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4601- 4717]هل قوله(فإن تولوا فقولوا اشهدوا)دليل على قبول شهادة الفاسق حيث استشهد الكافر — youtube.com
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