Is the testimony of a disbeliever accepted?
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The Shaykh : Who did he represent as an agent? The Bulgarian mufti?
The questioner : The deputy mufti. He came here from Oman.
The Shaykh : The deputy mufti. No problem, if we were to meet with this man and explain the Shari'ah to him, you, Mr. So-and-so, or so-and-so, this agent, you know him from the legal perspective, meaning if he wanted to give testimony, is his testimony accepted by the Shari'ah? Of course, the answer is: No, because he is not known to be just. I mean, just because he returns from the land of disbelief and says he is Muslim and that he is the agent of the mufti, does that mean his testimony has become accepted? I mean, is he just in Islamic law? Or can someone like this be a follower of the mufti of Russia? What is his name? The mufti of Russia? Soviet...
The questioner : They brought him on the television yesterday.
The Shaykh : These muftis, my brother, especially those in Western countries, we have said, unfortunately, some muftis, unfortunately, some muftis in some Islamic countries have set up things to smooth matters over in the name of the Shari'ah, so it is even more likely that these people would sign blank documents, which does not contradict Islamic law. O Muslims in our countries, do not stir things up, do not move, it is the testimony of a mufti, and it is the testimony of the mufti's agent or deputy, or so on. So it is not permissible for us, just because someone comes to us and says: First, I am the agent of the mufti. And indeed, if we assume he has credentials like those usually exchanged between countries to prove that so-and-so is an ambassador from America, so-and-so is an ambassador from Russia, so-and-so is an ambassador from France, and so on. Without a doubt, these credentials are not easily obtained.
If we assume we have such credentials, the final question is: You, O Muslim entrusted with these slaughters, do you know the justice of this person whose status as the mufti's agent there has been established with certainty? Has it been established for you that he is just? And that his testimony is accepted? And that this testimony is nothing but a type of trade to facilitate things so that the Bulgarian state can do what? Export these slaughters to Islamic countries... This news, perhaps our brothers have also heard that they sent a special committee there to supervise the method of slaughter. Have you heard this or not?
The questioner : We saw one of the people who went.
The Shaykh : They saw one of the people who went. To see what? That the slaughter there is carried out in the Islamic manner.
The questioner : The deputy mufti. He came here from Oman.
The Shaykh : The deputy mufti. No problem, if we were to meet with this man and explain the Shari'ah to him, you, Mr. So-and-so, or so-and-so, this agent, you know him from the legal perspective, meaning if he wanted to give testimony, is his testimony accepted by the Shari'ah? Of course, the answer is: No, because he is not known to be just. I mean, just because he returns from the land of disbelief and says he is Muslim and that he is the agent of the mufti, does that mean his testimony has become accepted? I mean, is he just in Islamic law? Or can someone like this be a follower of the mufti of Russia? What is his name? The mufti of Russia? Soviet...
The questioner : They brought him on the television yesterday.
The Shaykh : These muftis, my brother, especially those in Western countries, we have said, unfortunately, some muftis, unfortunately, some muftis in some Islamic countries have set up things to smooth matters over in the name of the Shari'ah, so it is even more likely that these people would sign blank documents, which does not contradict Islamic law. O Muslims in our countries, do not stir things up, do not move, it is the testimony of a mufti, and it is the testimony of the mufti's agent or deputy, or so on. So it is not permissible for us, just because someone comes to us and says: First, I am the agent of the mufti. And indeed, if we assume he has credentials like those usually exchanged between countries to prove that so-and-so is an ambassador from America, so-and-so is an ambassador from Russia, so-and-so is an ambassador from France, and so on. Without a doubt, these credentials are not easily obtained.
If we assume we have such credentials, the final question is: You, O Muslim entrusted with these slaughters, do you know the justice of this person whose status as the mufti's agent there has been established with certainty? Has it been established for you that he is just? And that his testimony is accepted? And that this testimony is nothing but a type of trade to facilitate things so that the Bulgarian state can do what? Export these slaughters to Islamic countries... This news, perhaps our brothers have also heard that they sent a special committee there to supervise the method of slaughter. Have you heard this or not?
The questioner : We saw one of the people who went.
The Shaykh : They saw one of the people who went. To see what? That the slaughter there is carried out in the Islamic manner.
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