Does the description of a "highway robber" include one who blocks the road for people inside the city?
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The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. A man is famous for his banditry in one of the villages. In one of the villages, he is famous for his banditry. That is, as a highway robber inside the village. Whenever a man passes by, he throws stones at him, or a woman, he throws stones at her. And once, some of us got this man drunk, and he sat there firing at the passersby. So, is this the ruling of a highway robber? I mean, is it...
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is a highway robber. If this is not a highway robber, then who is a highway robber?
The questioner : But, O Shaykh, it is inside the village itself, even if...
The Shaykh : The scholars said that they are those who threaten people with weapons in the desert or in the built-up areas. There is no difference between the desert and the built-up areas; they are all highway robbers.
The questioner : Okay, is there any other issue with him?
The Shaykh : If we have a strong ruling, we take this and look at[Al-Ma'idah 5:33], and consider. And if the ruling is not strong, and this man is reconciled and given money to avert his evil, there is no harm, and the sin is on the other party.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is a highway robber. If this is not a highway robber, then who is a highway robber?
The questioner : But, O Shaykh, it is inside the village itself, even if...
The Shaykh : The scholars said that they are those who threaten people with weapons in the desert or in the built-up areas. There is no difference between the desert and the built-up areas; they are all highway robbers.
The questioner : Okay, is there any other issue with him?
The Shaykh : If we have a strong ruling, we take this and look at
Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land
إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 209- هل يشمل وصفُ "قاطع الطريق" مَن يقطع الطريق على الناس داخل المدينة؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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