Eating in the street and its effect on the acceptance of testimony
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the one who eats in the street, some jurists mentioned that his testimony is not accepted.
The Shaykh:
That was in their time, and Allah knows best. As for now, with the restaurants and cafes in the streets, if we were to reject testimony, no one would be left. People eat in restaurants and on the streets. Custom has changed now. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They say that the one who raises his head or straightens his hair, his testimony is not accepted in the street. This is a matter where half the people, or more, are not at fault, or rather, they are not at fault at all. The times change, and custom changes. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the one who eats in the street, some jurists mentioned that his testimony is not accepted.
The Shaykh:
That was in their time, and Allah knows best. As for now, with the restaurants and cafes in the streets, if we were to reject testimony, no one would be left. People eat in restaurants and on the streets. Custom has changed now. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
They say that the one who raises his head or straightens his hair, his testimony is not accepted in the street. This is a matter where half the people, or more, are not at fault, or rather, they are not at fault at all. The times change, and custom changes. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/139 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (50:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.