How to reconcile the statement of Allah {or two from among others} with the author's statement that the testimony of a disbeliever is rejected?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: How do you reconcile the statement of Allah the Exalted, "or two from among others," with the author's statement regarding those whose testimony is rejected, where he said, "and the disbeliever"?

Answer:
Yes, read the verse and you will know. The Shaykh: Yes,

if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you

إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ الْمَوْتِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:106]

Huh? Yes. You are detaining them. Raise your voice. Why the one before it, huh? Yes, this is the end of the verse; we want the beginning. Yes,

O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا شَهَادَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:106]

from one person,

O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from among you

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا شَهَادَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ حِينَ الْوَصِيَّةِ اثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:106]

meaning from the Muslims, or two others from among you, from non-Muslims, on the condition that if you are traveling in the land, meaning you are on a journey and you have no one from the Muslims, the testimony of the disbeliever is accepted regarding the bequest, specifically regarding the bequest. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2997 -3022] كيف الجمع بين قول الله {أو آخران من غيركم} وبين كلام المؤلف أن الكافر ترد شهادته؟ — youtube.com

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