Accepting the testimony of one against whom a hadd punishment has been carried out if he repents
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the most famous testimony is that of the one who repents from the hadd.
The Shaykh:
Does it?
The questioner:
Is the testimony of the one who repents from the hadd accepted?
The Shaykh:
How is it from the right? Yes, more so, more so. I mean, do you mean: is the testimony of the one against whom the hadd is carried out accepted? If the one against whom the hadd is carried out repents to Allah, his testimony is accepted. But if he has not repented, he is an open sinner and his testimony is not accepted. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:4-5] meaning that he is persistent. So if he repents after the hadd has been carried out against him, his testimony is accepted. But if he does not repent, his testimony is not accepted and he remains an open sinner. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the most famous testimony is that of the one who repents from the hadd.
The Shaykh:
Does it?
The questioner:
Is the testimony of the one who repents from the hadd accepted?
The Shaykh:
How is it from the right? Yes, more so, more so. I mean, do you mean: is the testimony of the one against whom the hadd is carried out accepted? If the one against whom the hadd is carried out repents to Allah, his testimony is accepted. But if he has not repented, he is an open sinner and his testimony is not accepted. Allah the Exalted said:
(4) And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient, (5) Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 143 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الحدود/حد الزاني /صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:17:41)
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