Intercession in Fixed Punishments and Covering the Faults of a Muslim

Question:
He says: If the case reaches the stage of execution and involves a fixed punishment (hadd), and someone intervenes with intercession, this falls under the prohibition of intercession in a hadd, as mentioned by Allah. If it has not yet reached the stage of execution, then this concerns the hadd and intercession.

Answer:
As for when it reaches the police, one does not go beyond intercession; because the police are deputies of the one in authority, acting on behalf of the one in authority.
As for before it reaches the authorities, if there is benefit in covering it up, then cover it up. Cover it up if there is benefit in covering it, and if he is deterred and repents. But if he is a habitual offender in committing obscenities and evils, then report him. Do not report him just to stop his evil, nor leave him to increase in his sins. But if a person has not done anything except once, or it was a slip-up, then the best is that before it is reported to the authorities, he should be covered up and ordered to repent. Covering up a Muslim’s fault, Allah will cover him in this world and the Hereafter, provided he has no prior record or sins. Yes.