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If a woman performed sorcery against my mother, and she continued to do so without repenting, is it permissible for us to kill her?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a woman performed sorcery against my mother, and it became clear to us that it was the doing of this woman, and she did not stop doing it, is it permissible for us to kill her? Because she caused enmity between my father and my mother? Please give us a ruling, and may Allah reward you.

Answer:
It is not permissible to kill except by the hand of the Imam, the one in authority. This matter is chaos if you do it yourselves. So you bring it to the court. If it is established that she is a sorceress, if it is established that she is a sorceress, the court rules upon her with the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments), and the execution is carried out by the one in authority. Or if everyone who wants to take revenge takes revenge, this leads to chaos. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [243 -954] إذا فعلت امرأة سحرا لوالدتي، واستمرت على ذلك ولم تتب، فهل يجوز لنا قتلها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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