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Do some tribes grant protection to those who seek it from them, even if they have committed a major crime? Is their action correct?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There is a custom among the tribes that if a person comes to them seeking their protection, they grant it to him, even if he has committed a major crime such as murder. They call him the *dakhil* (protected guest), and they do not hand him over to the one who seeks him. Is this action correct? Or does it fall under the hadith
cursed him who accommodated an innovatorلعن الله من آوى محدثا؟
Sahih Muslim 1978b


Answer:
Yes, it is the text of the hadith
cursed him who accommodated an innovatorلعن الله من آوى محدثا
Sahih Muslim 1978b
This is an innovation, so he must be handed over to the authorities to carry out retaliation against him, or the blood relatives may pardon him. As for preventing the execution of retaliation against him, that is preventing a limit of the limits of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1730- 4717] بعض القبائل تجير من استجار بهم ولو كان مرتكبا عملا كبيرا فهل فعلهم صحيح؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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