Is it better for one who has confessed to a hadd (fixed punishment) to retract his confession?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person confesses to one of the hadd punishments of Allah, is it better for him to retract his confession? And is that retraction considered lying on his part?

Answer:
Yes, it is permissible for him to retract his confession as long as the threshold for the punishment has not been met. As long as the threshold has not been reached. The confession is difficult. So he may retract and cover himself. He should repent to Allah. It is not that he retracts without repenting to Allah.