Killing One Who Insults the Lord and the Religion
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
If a person kills another person because the victim insulted the Lord and insulted the religion, is the perpetrator to be blamed by Allah on the Day of Judgment?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments). Neither the hadd for apostasy nor any other is to be carried out except by the judge, the wali al-amr (the one in authority), who is a legitimate Shari'ah ruler. It is not permissible to have chaos where everyone says, "So-and-so has become an apostate, so I will kill him," or "So-and-so did such-and-such." This is not permissible; this is chaos. The hudud are within the jurisdiction of the wali al-amr, and the establishment of qisas (retaliation in kind) is within the jurisdiction of the wali al-amr. Yes, so that matters are regulated and chaos does not occur.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
If a person kills another person because the victim insulted the Lord and insulted the religion, is the perpetrator to be blamed by Allah on the Day of Judgment?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to carry out the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments). Neither the hadd for apostasy nor any other is to be carried out except by the judge, the wali al-amr (the one in authority), who is a legitimate Shari'ah ruler. It is not permissible to have chaos where everyone says, "So-and-so has become an apostate, so I will kill him," or "So-and-so did such-and-such." This is not permissible; this is chaos. The hudud are within the jurisdiction of the wali al-amr, and the establishment of qisas (retaliation in kind) is within the jurisdiction of the wali al-amr. Yes, so that matters are regulated and chaos does not occur.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وللقصاص أربعة شروط — islamhouse.com (59:04)
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