The Ruling on Designating the Punishment of the Apostate as a Hadd
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Question:
A question, may Allah bless you. It says: Some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the punishment of the apostate is not called a hadd, because hudud are expiations, and apostasy is not expiated except by repentance from it. But what is the answer to the hadith: “The hadd of the sorcerer is a strike with the sword”?
Answer:
First, this statement is an error. It is said: the hadd of the sorcerer, the hadd of the apostate, the hadd of zina, the hadd of theft. There is no objection to that. These are the hudud of Allah; He has specified and determined them, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
A question, may Allah bless you. It says: Some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the punishment of the apostate is not called a hadd, because hudud are expiations, and apostasy is not expiated except by repentance from it. But what is the answer to the hadith: “The hadd of the sorcerer is a strike with the sword”?
Answer:
First, this statement is an error. It is said: the hadd of the sorcerer, the hadd of the apostate, the hadd of zina, the hadd of theft. There is no objection to that. These are the hudud of Allah; He has specified and determined them, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5050] حكم تسمية عقوبة المرتدِّ حدًّا - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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