The Ruling on One Who Denies the Vision and Intercession

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If a person denies what the evidence has established through mass transmission, such as the vision of Allah and intercession, do we declare him a disbeliever?

Answer:
There is a distinction here. If he is knowledgeable and says, “Even if the evidence came, I do not believe it,” or “Even if the evidence came, I do not hold it to be true,” then he is a disbeliever, because he is lying to Allah, His Messenger, and the consensus of the Muslims. But if he is a follower of another scholar without knowledge, or ignorant, or one who offers a figurative interpretation that he thinks is correct but is not, then he is not declared a disbeliever; rather, he is considered misguided. He is called misguided, but he is not declared a disbeliever until the truth is made clear to him. If he accepts it, praise be to Allah. If he does not accept it after the truth has been made clear, then he is a disbeliever. Yes.