The Ruling on Highway Robbers in the Desert and Cities
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the stronger position regarding highway robbers? Are they only those who lie in wait for people in the desert, or in the desert and the cities?
Answer:
The desert and the buildings. Those who enter people's homes armed and take their money are highway robbers. The hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) for highway robbery are applied to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the stronger position regarding highway robbers? Are they only those who lie in wait for people in the desert, or in the desert and the cities?
Answer:
The desert and the buildings. Those who enter people's homes armed and take their money are highway robbers. The hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) for highway robbery are applied to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2836 -3022] ما الراجح في قطاع الطرق؟ هل هم الذين يترصدون الناس في الصحراء فقط أم في الصحراء والمدن؟ — youtube.com
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