Is it authentic that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab suspended the hadd punishment for theft in the year of famine?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it authentic that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) suspended the hadd punishment for theft in the year of famine?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because of the doubt, the doubt of hunger and need, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, he says: And if this is authentic, how do you respond to those who cite such an example to justify suspending some of the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) through ijtihad (independent legal reasoning)?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was a rightly guided caliph. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i) Do you make yourself one of the rightly guided caliphs? This is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it authentic that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) suspended the hadd punishment for theft in the year of famine?
The Shaykh:
Yes, because of the doubt, the doubt of hunger and need, yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, he says: And if this is authentic, how do you respond to those who cite such an example to justify suspending some of the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) through ijtihad (independent legal reasoning)?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was a rightly guided caliph. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
عليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [318 -582] هل صح أن عمر بن الخطاب أوقف حد السرقة في عام المجاعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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