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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of Allah’s Saying: “And the Female for the Female” and Killing a Man for a Woman

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement "and a female is not killed for a female," this means that a male is not killed for a female,

Answer:
No, the verse has no implied meaning (mafhum). So it does not mean that
if We had decreed upon themأَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
[An-Nisa 4:66]
in it
O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the freeيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ
[Al-Baqarah 2:178]
and that a male is not killed for a female. This implied meaning is not acted upon, as evidenced by other proofs that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) exacted retaliation for a woman from a man; he exacted retaliation for a woman from a man. And because of His saying
And We ordained for them therein a life for a lifeوَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:45]
in a general sense, including males and females. So the verse is restricted by other verses.
Source الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 089-كتاب الجنايات - 2-11-25 هـ — archive.org (13:05)

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