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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Accepting the testimony of a skilled physician in legal rulings

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Question:
If the physician is skilled and there is no known lying on his part, is his testimony accepted or not?

Answer:
No, his testimony is not accepted in legal rulings. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient oneيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ
[Al-Hujurat 49:6]
regarding legal rulings, which is a lengthy matter, otherwise it is the testimony of a sane person.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/102 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13:18)

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