The Ruling on Confessing While Asleep According to Psychologists
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Question:
One of the modern methods of confession is to question a man while he is sleeping at a specific time known to psychologists. Is this considered a legitimate method to be accepted?
Answer:
No, a sleeping person has no valid testimony. His confession is not accepted because a sleeping person is of unsound mind, so nothing is accepted from him. However, in what they call hypnotism, they do something to him and then he starts speaking involuntarily. This is even less acceptable; this is not accepted. This is a type of sorcery and trickery.
One of the modern methods of confession is to question a man while he is sleeping at a specific time known to psychologists. Is this considered a legitimate method to be accepted?
Answer:
No, a sleeping person has no valid testimony. His confession is not accepted because a sleeping person is of unsound mind, so nothing is accepted from him. However, in what they call hypnotism, they do something to him and then he starts speaking involuntarily. This is even less acceptable; this is not accepted. This is a type of sorcery and trickery.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 122 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الإقرار / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (20:38)
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