The Ruling on Killing Sorcerers and the Story of Hafsa
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The questioner:
Is it permissible to kill sorcerers based on the killing of the sorcerer Hafsah?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible except by a legal ruling from the judge, and it is carried out by the one in authority. Not every killing is called a hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishment); the one in authority establishes the hudud, and it is based on a legal ruling after it is proven that the person deserves to be killed. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we ask you to clarify the conditions for going out to jihad in...
The Shaykh:
And Hafsa killed a slave girl who had cast a spell on her, because the master has the right to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishment) against his slave. Yes.
Is it permissible to kill sorcerers based on the killing of the sorcerer Hafsah?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible except by a legal ruling from the judge, and it is carried out by the one in authority. Not every killing is called a hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishment); the one in authority establishes the hudud, and it is based on a legal ruling after it is proven that the person deserves to be killed. Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we ask you to clarify the conditions for going out to jihad in...
The Shaykh:
And Hafsa killed a slave girl who had cast a spell on her, because the master has the right to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishment) against his slave. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-051-حرمـة قتـل الأنفـس المعصومـة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:30)
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