The Meaning of Allah’s Saying: “And the Female for the Female”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the statement "a male is not killed for a female," does this mean that a free person is not killed for a female, and that a male is not killed for a female?
Answer:
No, the verse has no implied meaning, so it does not mean that if We have decreed for them in it[Al-Baqarah 2:178] that one gender is not accepted by the other. This implied meaning is not applied, as evidenced by other proofs that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled in favor of the woman against the man, and by His saying [Al-Ma'idah 5:45] in a general sense, including males and females. Thus, the verse is qualified by other verses.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the statement "a male is not killed for a female," does this mean that a free person is not killed for a female, and that a male is not killed for a female?
Answer:
No, the verse has no implied meaning, so it does not mean that if We have decreed for them in it
O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنثَىٰ بِالْأُنثَىٰAnd We ordained for them therein a life for a life
وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/127 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (52:07)
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