Is it permissible for one who has committed a crime subject to a fixed punishment and then repented to order someone else to carry out the punishment on him in order to purify himself?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person commits unlawful sexual intercourse and then repents, is it permissible for him to order someone to flog him in secret to purify himself?
Answer:
If he is trying to conceal it from himself, and even if he must want the punishment, it is obligatory that it be referred to the Imam. The fixed punishments are the prerogative of the Imam; no one other than the Imam may carry them out.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person commits unlawful sexual intercourse and then repents, is it permissible for him to order someone to flog him in secret to purify himself?
Answer:
If he is trying to conceal it from himself, and even if he must want the punishment, it is obligatory that it be referred to the Imam. The fixed punishments are the prerogative of the Imam; no one other than the Imam may carry them out.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2801 -2802] هل لمن وقع في حد ثم تاب أن يأمر غيره بأن يقيم الحد عليه ليطهر نفسه؟ — youtube.com
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