How to reconcile Abu Bakr al-Siddiq’s burning of the sodomites with the prohibition against burning with fire?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile the prohibition against burning with fire with the report of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq burning the sodomites with fire?
Answer:
Yes, and for that reason Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) held that it would have been better if he had killed them without using fire. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile the prohibition against burning with fire with the report of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq burning the sodomites with fire?
Answer:
Yes, and for that reason Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) held that it would have been better if he had killed them without using fire. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [286 -582] كيف الجمع بين تحريق أبي بكر الصديق للوطي ، وبين ما ورد من النهي عن التحريق بالنار؟ — youtube.com
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