Taking Retaliation from the One Who Kills by Treachery
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner, who is not from this country, says: In our country, a man killed two men by treachery, and the one in authority in that land has no power or authority to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) or retaliation against him. Is it permissible for the tribe to kill him, whether it is his own tribe or the tribe of the two men?
Answer:
Only the one in authority is to take charge of the matter of retaliation and prevention, so that chaos does not occur and people do not become deserving of killing among themselves. This is not to be done by anyone but the one in authority.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner, who is not from this country, says: In our country, a man killed two men by treachery, and the one in authority in that land has no power or authority to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) or retaliation against him. Is it permissible for the tribe to kill him, whether it is his own tribe or the tribe of the two men?
Answer:
Only the one in authority is to take charge of the matter of retaliation and prevention, so that chaos does not occur and people do not become deserving of killing among themselves. This is not to be done by anyone but the one in authority.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 81 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / هديه في أقضيته / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:16)
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