The Intention Behind Handing the Killer Over to the Heirs of the Victim and Carrying Out Retaliation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 3474, is the intention that the people of the victim carry out retaliation themselves by killing the killer?
Answer:
No one carries out retaliation or carries out the fixed punishments except the one in authority. This matter is chaos. No, it is required from the one in authority.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
If anyone kills a man deliberately he is to be handed over to the relatives of the one who has been killed. If they wish they may kill him
من قتل متعمدا دفع إلى أولياء المقتول، فإن شاءوا قتلواAnswer:
No one carries out retaliation or carries out the fixed punishments except the one in authority. This matter is chaos. No, it is required from the one in authority.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الصلح عن دم العمد بأكثر من الدية وأقل — islamhouse.com (56:41)
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