What is the difference between freeing a slave and freeing one who has been sentenced to qisas (retaliation in kind)?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between freeing a slave and freeing one who has been sentenced to qisas? You called it freeing, but this is not freeing; this is buying off the qisas.
Answer:
So, freeing a slave is buying off the qisas. Yes, freeing is specific to a slave, whereas this is called fidyah (a ransom payment). This is called fidyah, not freeing. It is fidyah for the life taken by killing. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the difference between freeing a slave and freeing one who has been sentenced to qisas? You called it freeing, but this is not freeing; this is buying off the qisas.
Answer:
So, freeing a slave is buying off the qisas. Yes, freeing is specific to a slave, whereas this is called fidyah (a ransom payment). This is called fidyah, not freeing. It is fidyah for the life taken by killing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1739 -2802] ما الفرق بين عتق رقبة العبد وعتق رقبة محكوم بالقِصاص؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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