Guarantee for one who kills a sorcerer who is not an imam
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person kills a sorcerer, whether his sorcery is real or imaginary, and the sorcerer is not an imam, is he liable for the guarantee and subject to retaliation?
Answer:
This is a matter for the Shari'ah and the judicial authority. However, it is not permissible to transgress or take matters into one's own hands against the one in authority. This is among the affairs and competencies of the one in authority. If this door were opened, killing would become widespread, with everyone claiming that so-and-so is a sorcerer and so-and-so is another, and so on. Therefore, it is not permissible; there must be necessary regulations. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person kills a sorcerer, whether his sorcery is real or imaginary, and the sorcerer is not an imam, is he liable for the guarantee and subject to retaliation?
Answer:
This is a matter for the Shari'ah and the judicial authority. However, it is not permissible to transgress or take matters into one's own hands against the one in authority. This is among the affairs and competencies of the one in authority. If this door were opened, killing would become widespread, with everyone claiming that so-and-so is a sorcerer and so-and-so is another, and so on. Therefore, it is not permissible; there must be necessary regulations. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في السحر — islamhouse.com (1:05:54)
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