Comparing the Establishment of the Fixed Punishment, Concealment, and Repentance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, which is better: establishing the punishment so that he sins, or concealing himself and repenting to Allah?
Answer:
The fixed punishment is not established unless it reaches the ruler. However, if it does not reach the ruler and he repents to Allah between himself and Allah, that is the obligatory and the better course. The better course is that he repents and conceals his own fault. But if it reaches the ruler, the fixed punishment must be established upon him, even if he has repented; the fixed punishment is established upon him,[Al-Ma'idah 5:34].
Honorable Shaykh, which is better: establishing the punishment so that he sins, or concealing himself and repenting to Allah?
Answer:
The fixed punishment is not established unless it reaches the ruler. However, if it does not reach the ruler and he repents to Allah between himself and Allah, that is the obligatory and the better course. The better course is that he repents and conceals his own fault. But if it reaches the ruler, the fixed punishment must be established upon him, even if he has repented; the fixed punishment is established upon him,
Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 80 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الديات|باب كفارة القتل|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:44)
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