How was this hadith used as evidence for judging the absent person, when this is not a judgment?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I say that some scholars used this hadith as evidence for what al-Bukhari mentioned, namely that this is evidence that a judgment is rendered. The correct view is that it is not evidence. This is a matter in which scholars differ in their understanding; some hold that it is evidence for a judgment, while others say it is not, and that is the correct view.
The questioner : The correct view is the second one.
The Shaykh : That it is not a judgment.
The Shaykh : I say that some scholars used this hadith as evidence for what al-Bukhari mentioned, namely that this is evidence that a judgment is rendered. The correct view is that it is not evidence. This is a matter in which scholars differ in their understanding; some hold that it is evidence for a judgment, while others say it is not, and that is the correct view.
The questioner : The correct view is the second one.
The Shaykh : That it is not a judgment.