The Ruling on Interceding for a Criminal After He Has Been Arrested
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: It is known that intercession is acceptable as long as it does not reach the one in authority. Are the police or the authorities considered in the position of the one in authority, or is the one in authority the judge?
Answer:
Once the criminal is arrested, he is in the hands of the authority.[Al-Ma'idah 5:34] Therefore, if the authority detains him, even if it is the police, they are deputies of the one in authority, so it is not permissible to intercede for him.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: It is known that intercession is acceptable as long as it does not reach the one in authority. Are the police or the authorities considered in the position of the one in authority, or is the one in authority the judge?
Answer:
Once the criminal is arrested, he is in the hands of the authority.
Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ
Source
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