The Ruling on Carrying Out the Punishment for Theft in the Year of the Drought
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Question:
I ask Allah of you. The questioner says: We hear that some scholars say that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) suspended the carrying out of the punishment for theft in the Year of the Drought. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, in the year of famine, the Year of the Drought, because the people were in dire necessity. Does dire necessity negate[Al-An'am 6:119]? They needed to eat from the wealth of others out of dire necessity. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says [Al-An'am 6:119] Does it negate it in the view of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)? Yes.
I ask Allah of you. The questioner says: We hear that some scholars say that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) suspended the carrying out of the punishment for theft in the Year of the Drought. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, in the year of famine, the Year of the Drought, because the people were in dire necessity. Does dire necessity negate
excepting that to which you are compelled
إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِexcepting that to which you are compelled
إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
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