The ruling on acting upon the report of an open sinner in determining the direction of prayer

The questioner : Yes. If a man is sent to al-Suqra and wants to pray, but he does not know where the qiblah is, and he finds people but does not ask them because he knows the roof, and he prays, and when he was praying the open sinner came and said that the prayer is not in that direction, yes. To what extent should one act upon it?

The Shaykh : As long as he is an open sinner, one does not trust his report. First, one does not trust his report. Second, but in such matters, is it necessary for the person to be upright in both appearance and reality, or is apparent uprightness sufficient? It appears that, contrary to the school of jurisprudence, apparent uprightness is sufficient.