His statement: (except if you see clear disbelief) — is the intended meaning visual sight?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : His statement: Sahih al-Bukhari 7055, 7056 What is the basis for interpreting "sight" as knowledge?
The Shaykh : Because it may not be tied to visual sight; it may be heard. So if we interpret it as knowledge, it encompasses what is known by sight or what is known by hearing.
unless we noticed him having open Kufr (disbelief)
إلا أن تروا كفرا بواحاThe Shaykh : Because it may not be tied to visual sight; it may be heard. So if we interpret it as knowledge, it encompasses what is known by sight or what is known by hearing.
