The Meaning of the Author's Statement on Killing the Rebel and That the Opponent Is a Muslim
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The questioner:
And if the Shaykh forbade intercourse, what is the meaning of the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding the doubled [punishment]? That is, he prays for him and they wash him as if he had no [disbelief], for he is patient in this case. So what is the meaning of this last addition?
The Shaykh:
As for the opponent. Yes.
The questioner:
O followers.
The Shaykh:
Muslim, Muslim. So the opponent is a Muslim in this case, meaning that the people of al-baghy (armed rebellion) are Muslims, but they erred in their rebellion against the Imam. They were killed in order to repel their evil, and their Islam did not cease thereby, nor did they apostatize from the religion of Islam. They are treated as Muslims, just as if a criminal who intentionally commits aggression is killed, or a fornicator is killed by stoning; his killing in the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) is not a ruling that he has exited Islam, but rather it is a hudud punishment only. Otherwise, he is a Muslim and is treated as a Muslim. Yes.
And if the Shaykh forbade intercourse, what is the meaning of the author’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding the doubled [punishment]? That is, he prays for him and they wash him as if he had no [disbelief], for he is patient in this case. So what is the meaning of this last addition?
The Shaykh:
As for the opponent. Yes.
The questioner:
O followers.
The Shaykh:
Muslim, Muslim. So the opponent is a Muslim in this case, meaning that the people of al-baghy (armed rebellion) are Muslims, but they erred in their rebellion against the Imam. They were killed in order to repel their evil, and their Islam did not cease thereby, nor did they apostatize from the religion of Islam. They are treated as Muslims, just as if a criminal who intentionally commits aggression is killed, or a fornicator is killed by stoning; his killing in the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) is not a ruling that he has exited Islam, but rather it is a hudud punishment only. Otherwise, he is a Muslim and is treated as a Muslim. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 86 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|باب قتال أهل البغي|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:24)
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