Is a person punished for a deficiency in faith?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, it will come to us, if Allah wills, that a deficiency in faith is divided into two, or rather three, categories: a category for which a person is punished, a category for which a person is blamed but not punished, and a third category for which a person is neither blamed nor punished. They differ.
In the case of a man who filed a claim against another person for money and brought only one witness, and they went to a judge, the judge said to the claimant: If you had brought two witnesses, we would have ruled in your favor for the full amount you claimed, correct? But since you brought only one witness, we will rule in your favor for half of what you claimed? What do you say about this? Is it correct?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Is it permissible? He said: As long as you have only brought half of the testimony, we will give you half of the amount claimed. Is that right?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He says: Now we are giving you half of your right. If you bring two, we give you your full right; if you bring one, we give you half of it. Is that correct?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And for this reason, this judge was written down among the negligent judges. Yes, indeed. So we say: if someone comes, for example, with one woman regarding the testimony of one man, saying, "I do not have one man, I have one woman, give me half of my right," we say: that is not valid.
The questioner : She gets a quarter.
The Shaykh : She gets a quarter. Is the time not over?
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The Shaykh : In any case, it will come to us, if Allah wills, that a deficiency in faith is divided into two, or rather three, categories: a category for which a person is punished, a category for which a person is blamed but not punished, and a third category for which a person is neither blamed nor punished. They differ.
In the case of a man who filed a claim against another person for money and brought only one witness, and they went to a judge, the judge said to the claimant: If you had brought two witnesses, we would have ruled in your favor for the full amount you claimed, correct? But since you brought only one witness, we will rule in your favor for half of what you claimed? What do you say about this? Is it correct?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Is it permissible? He said: As long as you have only brought half of the testimony, we will give you half of the amount claimed. Is that right?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He says: Now we are giving you half of your right. If you bring two, we give you your full right; if you bring one, we give you half of it. Is that correct?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And for this reason, this judge was written down among the negligent judges. Yes, indeed. So we say: if someone comes, for example, with one woman regarding the testimony of one man, saying, "I do not have one man, I have one woman, give me half of my right," we say: that is not valid.
The questioner : She gets a quarter.
The Shaykh : She gets a quarter. Is the time not over?
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Huh?