The Ruling on Punishing the Adulterer and Adulteress with Other Than the Prescribed Punishment
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Question:
This questioner says: Is it permissible to punish the adulterer or the adulteress with other than the prescribed punishment?
Answer:
The prescribed punishment must be applied, and hearts cannot be coerced. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What? And I am still with you. May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some of the brothers make following certain shaykhs a matter of loyalty and disavowal, so if you do not follow their shaykhs, they boycott you and become hostile to you. Is this extremism and rigidity? May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The teacher asked us to do a research project, and I found someone who does this research for a fee. Is it permissible for me to
This questioner says: Is it permissible to punish the adulterer or the adulteress with other than the prescribed punishment?
Answer:
The prescribed punishment must be applied, and hearts cannot be coerced. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What? And I am still with you. May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some of the brothers make following certain shaykhs a matter of loyalty and disavowal, so if you do not follow their shaykhs, they boycott you and become hostile to you. Is this extremism and rigidity? May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The teacher asked us to do a research project, and I found someone who does this research for a fee. Is it permissible for me to
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 50 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/موت العلماء/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:55)
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