The ruling on the return of the exception in the verse regarding the limit of the prescribed punishment
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding Allah's statement concerning the limit of the qadar (divine decree)[An-Nur 24:4], and then He the Exalted said [An-Nur 24:5], does this exception refer to the three, or to the testimony and the fisq (open sinfulness), or to the fisq only?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement among the jurists of the principles of jurisprudence when an exception follows multiple clauses: does it refer to all of them, or only to the closest one? However, according to your view, some say that it refers to all three [punishments], except for those who repented, for whom their status is restored and their testimony is accepted. Others say that it refers to the attribute closest to the exception. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding Allah's statement concerning the limit of the qadar (divine decree)
lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,
فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَExcept for those who repent
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُواAnswer:
There is scholarly disagreement among the jurists of the principles of jurisprudence when an exception follows multiple clauses: does it refer to all of them, or only to the closest one? However, according to your view, some say that it refers to all three [punishments], except for those who repented, for whom their status is restored and their testimony is accepted. Others say that it refers to the attribute closest to the exception. Yes.
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الاستثناء في قوله سبحانه : (إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا) [النُّورِ : 5] — alfawzan.live
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