The Ruling on Striking the Face in Fixed Punishments
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The Shaykh:
The hadith will come to you, if Allah wills, in the next lesson. How much of it is much, and how little is forbidden.
The questioner:
May Allah forgive you regarding the hudud (fixed punishments); one does not strike the head. And if, may Allah forgive you, the intention is to kill him, such as the married fornicator, he is not struck on the head because this is not a target; this means killing him.
The Shaykh:
May Allah forgive you. The place of the command, and Allah knows best, there is no harm in it. The intended meaning regarding the man is to kill him, but there is no intention to strike the face. So, the head from behind, and so on. And as long as there is no barrier to the head in the creation of the one being stoned, but the face is not intended. Yes. What Allah willed. My face and my body are owned. The one who is flogged is not struck on the head. It does not harm; discipline does not harm its owners. I ask Allah that he may take pleasure in his whole body, so that he is stoned until his face, because he took pleasure in his fornication as a married man with his face. If he sees it, he should fear the face, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) generalized what he said, except in the case of fornication. Yes.
The hadith will come to you, if Allah wills, in the next lesson. How much of it is much, and how little is forbidden.
The questioner:
May Allah forgive you regarding the hudud (fixed punishments); one does not strike the head. And if, may Allah forgive you, the intention is to kill him, such as the married fornicator, he is not struck on the head because this is not a target; this means killing him.
The Shaykh:
May Allah forgive you. The place of the command, and Allah knows best, there is no harm in it. The intended meaning regarding the man is to kill him, but there is no intention to strike the face. So, the head from behind, and so on. And as long as there is no barrier to the head in the creation of the one being stoned, but the face is not intended. Yes. What Allah willed. My face and my body are owned. The one who is flogged is not struck on the head. It does not harm; discipline does not harm its owners. I ask Allah that he may take pleasure in his whole body, so that he is stoned until his face, because he took pleasure in his fornication as a married man with his face. If he sees it, he should fear the face, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) generalized what he said, except in the case of fornication. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (17:59)
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