The Ruling on Fighting Highway Robbers
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a Muslim is confronted by a highway robber or a thief who wants to take his money, is it permissible to fight him and kill him? And what is...
The Shaykh:
What? This is the aggressor, and you heard that he defends himself with the easiest means, okay?
The questioner:
If he cannot be repelled except by killing him, then he is killed.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a Muslim is confronted by a highway robber or a thief who wants to take his money, is it permissible to fight him and kill him? And what is...
The Shaykh:
What? This is the aggressor, and you heard that he defends himself with the easiest means, okay?
The questioner:
If he cannot be repelled except by killing him, then he is killed.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2386 -2802] حكم مقاتلة قطاع الطرق - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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