The ruling on a repentant person who committed zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) turning themselves in to the court
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Question:
This questioner says: Regarding the young man who committed zina abroad, then repented to Allah and returned to Saudi Arabia, if he wants to turn himself in to the court, and you advised him, and you told him not to turn himself in, and that the hadd (fixed punishment) should not be carried out against him, even though we all know the case of the woman from al-Ghamid in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where the hadd was carried out against her, why should he not turn himself in? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
By Allah, I do not remember this person, I do not remember this, but he should not expose himself, he should repent between himself and Allah and not turn himself in. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected what was with her and refused to accept her confession until she repeated it four times. I have a repentance, and he is moving among the people, repenting between himself and Allah, and praise be to Allah, he praises his Lord for safety, he does not go to the court, nor to any other court, if he is afflicted with zina or other sins, he repents to Allah between himself and his Lord, and he does not go to anyone, and he does not expose himself, he praises his Lord for safety, he repents to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and the woman from al-Ghamid, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not demand anything from her other than her Lord is sufficient, and she does not need a judge or anyone else, as for whether the person is the young man who is in America, I do not remember him now.
This questioner says: Regarding the young man who committed zina abroad, then repented to Allah and returned to Saudi Arabia, if he wants to turn himself in to the court, and you advised him, and you told him not to turn himself in, and that the hadd (fixed punishment) should not be carried out against him, even though we all know the case of the woman from al-Ghamid in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), where the hadd was carried out against her, why should he not turn himself in? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
By Allah, I do not remember this person, I do not remember this, but he should not expose himself, he should repent between himself and Allah and not turn himself in. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected what was with her and refused to accept her confession until she repeated it four times. I have a repentance, and he is moving among the people, repenting between himself and Allah, and praise be to Allah, he praises his Lord for safety, he does not go to the court, nor to any other court, if he is afflicted with zina or other sins, he repents to Allah between himself and his Lord, and he does not go to anyone, and he does not expose himself, he praises his Lord for safety, he repents to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and the woman from al-Ghamid, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not demand anything from her other than her Lord is sufficient, and she does not need a judge or anyone else, as for whether the person is the young man who is in America, I do not remember him now.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٥ — archive.org (3:15)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
