Is it a condition that the rebels accept the person sent to them to present the evidence, or not?
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The questioner : Is it a condition that the rebels accept the person sent to them to present the evidence, or not?
The Shaykh : In any case: either they request a specific person, or the imam selects someone he considers competent and sends him.
But if they request a specific person, it becomes necessary to send the one they requested, unless we know that their request for him is deception and treachery, because they know that this man does not have the strength of argument, so they request him. In that case, he may prevent it. But how does he prevent it? Does he say, "I will not send him to you," or does he say to this specific man they requested, "O so-and-so, they requested you, but I prevented it"? The better option is to say, "He refused," so that they do not retain an argument.
The Shaykh : In any case: either they request a specific person, or the imam selects someone he considers competent and sends him.
But if they request a specific person, it becomes necessary to send the one they requested, unless we know that their request for him is deception and treachery, because they know that this man does not have the strength of argument, so they request him. In that case, he may prevent it. But how does he prevent it? Does he say, "I will not send him to you," or does he say to this specific man they requested, "O so-and-so, they requested you, but I prevented it"? The better option is to say, "He refused," so that they do not retain an argument.