The Ruling on Retaliation with Repentance
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The questioner:
What is the stronger position regarding the issue of one who intentionally kills a believer and then repents? Is he to be killed? He says: Is his repentance accepted?
The Shaykh:
Is he to be killed? Yes, that is what was said. Repentance does not drop the right of retaliation from him. Retaliation is a right belonging to the awliya (close friends of Allah) of the victim. So it is not dropped unless they themselves pardon. If they pardon, the retaliation is dropped. Yes.
The questioner:
Regarding the repentance, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Repentance is accepted by Allah, but the retaliation is not dropped even if he repents, because it is a right belonging to the created beings. Yes.
What is the stronger position regarding the issue of one who intentionally kills a believer and then repents? Is he to be killed? He says: Is his repentance accepted?
The Shaykh:
Is he to be killed? Yes, that is what was said. Repentance does not drop the right of retaliation from him. Retaliation is a right belonging to the awliya (close friends of Allah) of the victim. So it is not dropped unless they themselves pardon. If they pardon, the retaliation is dropped. Yes.
The questioner:
Regarding the repentance, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Repentance is accepted by Allah, but the retaliation is not dropped even if he repents, because it is a right belonging to the created beings. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُقتل مَن قتل مؤمنًا متعمدًا ثم تاب؟ وهل تُقبل توبته؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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