Is it permissible to strike the face and the head?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to strike the face and the head? Is it permissible to strike the face and the head?
Answer:
What kind of striking? You have taken it in the hudud (fixed punishments) that one avoids the skin, avoids the face, and avoids the head, because these are the gathering places of the senses. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to strike the face and the head? Is it permissible to strike the face and the head?
Answer:
What kind of striking? You have taken it in the hudud (fixed punishments) that one avoids the skin, avoids the face, and avoids the head, because these are the gathering places of the senses. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [453 /641] هل يجوز الضرب على الوجه وعلى الرأس؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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