Accepting the testimony of one who repents from a hadd punishment
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is the testimony of one who repents from a hadd punishment accepted?
The Shaykh:
He asks: Is it accepted?
The questioner:
A need for a need.
The Shaykh:
How can it be from the truth? Yes, the best. I mean, do you intend: is the testimony of the one against whom the hadd is established accepted? If the one against whom the hadd is established repents to Allah, his testimony is accepted. But if he died, he is an open sinner, and his testimony is not accepted.
Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:4-5]. The meaning of that is clear. So if he repents after the ruling is established against him, accept his testimony. But if he did not abandon it, his testimony is not accepted, and he is punished with his own act. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is the testimony of one who repents from a hadd punishment accepted?
The Shaykh:
He asks: Is it accepted?
The questioner:
A need for a need.
The Shaykh:
How can it be from the truth? Yes, the best. I mean, do you intend: is the testimony of the one against whom the hadd is established accepted? If the one against whom the hadd is established repents to Allah, his testimony is accepted. But if he died, he is an open sinner, and his testimony is not accepted.
Allah the Exalted said:
(4) And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient, (5) Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب حد الزاني — islamhouse.com (1:17:23)
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