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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: "Excuse the Dignified Ones for Their Slips"

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is the report in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Excuse the dignified ones for their slipsأقيل ذوي الهيئات عثراتهم
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Answer:
Except for the hududإلا في الحدود
Complete the hadith, yes, so it was said
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) Said: Forgive the people of good qualities their slips, but not faults to which prescribed penalties apply.ذوي الهيات عثراتهم إلا في الحدود
Sunan Abi Dawud 4375Sahih (Al-Albani)
except for the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments), but the hudud are not excused, however, ta'zir (discretionary punishment) is possible, yes,
Source أخصر المختصرات في الفقه الحنبلي [33] — alfawzan.live (48:10)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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