The Ruling on Confessing to Hudud and Financial Rights
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I seek Allah's forgiveness. Does the hadithBulugh al-Maram 7:132 require that anyone who commits a hudud offense must go to the court to have it established against him and purify himself by confessing, or is it better for him to cover up his own sin?
Answer:
No. In matters of financial rights, he is required to disclose them, especially if the judge questions him; he must confess to the right, whether it is a financial right or any other right belonging to people. As for what necessitates hudud punishments, it is better for a person to cover up his own sin. It is better for a person to repent to Allah and cover up his own sin than to confess before the judge so that the hudud punishment is carried out against him.
Honorable Shaykh, I seek Allah's forgiveness. Does the hadith
Say the truth even though it is bitter
قل الحق ولو كان مراAnswer:
No. In matters of financial rights, he is required to disclose them, especially if the judge questions him; he must confess to the right, whether it is a financial right or any other right belonging to people. As for what necessitates hudud punishments, it is better for a person to cover up his own sin. It is better for a person to repent to Allah and cover up his own sin than to confess before the judge so that the hudud punishment is carried out against him.
Source
معنى حديث : «قل الحق ولو كان مرا» — alfawzan.live
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