The application of hudud (the fixed Qur'anic punishments) to sons and daughters, and disciplinary measures
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to carry out the fixed punishments (hudud) on the sons and daughters under his care?
The Shaykh:
No, this is specific to slaves. As for sons and daughters, it is the ruler, the one in authority, who applies the hudud to them.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the disagreement.
The Shaykh:
Discipline. However, discipline and discretionary punishment are the right of the head of the household to discipline his children. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Beat them, beat them," for their upbringing. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:34] "Then leave them alone in their beds and beat them" [An-Nisa 4:34], so discretionary punishment is permissible. A husband beats his wife to discipline her, a teacher beats a student to educate him, and a father beats his children to raise them; this is discretionary punishment. As for the fixed punishments, no, only the one in authority establishes them.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to carry out the fixed punishments (hudud) on the sons and daughters under his care?
The Shaykh:
No, this is specific to slaves. As for sons and daughters, it is the ruler, the one in authority, who applies the hudud to them.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the disagreement.
The Shaykh:
Discipline. However, discipline and discretionary punishment are the right of the head of the household to discipline his children. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Beat them, beat them," for their upbringing. Allah the Exalted said:
But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them
وَاللَّاتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّforsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them
وَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب حد الزاني — islamhouse.com (1:03:16)
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