The Difference Between Killing as a Discretionary Punishment and Killing as Retaliation
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the difference between killing as a discretionary punishment and killing as retaliation?
The Shaykh:
What was feared.
The questioner:
What is the difference between killing as a discretionary punishment and killing as retaliation?
The Shaykh:
Killing as retaliation is a right belonging to the guardians of the victim. As for killing as a discretionary punishment, this is a right belonging to the one in authority, for the sake of protecting lives and exposing corruption on earth. This is a right of the one in authority, not a right of the guardians of the victim.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the difference between killing as a discretionary punishment and killing as retaliation?
The Shaykh:
What was feared.
The questioner:
What is the difference between killing as a discretionary punishment and killing as retaliation?
The Shaykh:
Killing as retaliation is a right belonging to the guardians of the victim. As for killing as a discretionary punishment, this is a right belonging to the one in authority, for the sake of protecting lives and exposing corruption on earth. This is a right of the one in authority, not a right of the guardians of the victim.
Source
الفرق بين القتل تعذيرا وقصاصا — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.