Retaliation against the killer by burning

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person kills another by burning him, is he subjected to retaliation by burning?

Answer:
This is as mentioned before. Does retaliation have to be carried out with the sword? The school of thought holds that it is restricted to the sword, while the second opinion is that the victim is treated in the same way the perpetrator was treated; thus, he is burned just as the victim was burned. This is the meaning of retaliation as equivalence. Yes, this is as mentioned before; there is a disagreement on this matter. Yes. May Allah send prayers upon...