The ruling on paying money to the family of the deceased to forgo retaliation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the statement in the hadithSahih Muslim 1978b The question is: Is what some people do today, paying huge sums of money to the family of the deceased so that they forgive the execution of the hudud punishment of qisas for the killer, included in that?
Answer:
No, this falls under the category of settlement. Settlement is permissible between Muslims, except for a settlement that makes the haram lawful or the halal forbidden. Allah the Exalted said: "Settlement is the best"[An-Nisa 4:114] meaning that the qualities are determined for the awliya (close friends of Allah) of the deceased, and then they agree on a sum of money. This is a settlement, and it is a sound matter. Honorable Shaykh, he says: If they demand retribution, if they refuse to forgive and demand retribution, then it is not permissible for anyone to stand between them and the execution of retribution. But if they accept money or forgive for free, then that is forgiveness. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding the statement in the hadith
cursed him who accommodated an innovator
لعن الله من آوى محدثا.Answer:
No, this falls under the category of settlement. Settlement is permissible between Muslims, except for a settlement that makes the haram lawful or the halal forbidden. Allah the Exalted said: "Settlement is the best"
No good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation
لَّا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِّن نَّجْوَاهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ
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