Imprisonment is a prescribed punishment
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The Shaykh:
Ah.
The questioner:
And Allah is the Greatest. The Greatest,Sunan Ibn Majah 939Sahih (Darussalam)
The Shaykh:
And there is no god but Allah.
The questioner:
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, hasten to prayer, hasten to prayer,
The Shaykh:
hasten to success, hasten to success, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that prisons are a newly invented punishment, that they are a tool for oppressing people, and that there is no benefit for them in them. What is the opinion on that?
The Shaykh:
This is a false statement, because prisons existed in the time of the Caliphs. The Rightly Guided Caliphs; 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) built a prison in Makkah, so it is a punishment among the types of punishments; imprisonment is one of the types of punishments. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a merchant sells on installment, but.
The Shaykh:
To the point that Allah mentioned in the story of Yusuf (peace be upon him), who was in prison for a few years. Imprisonment is well known; it is not something newly invented in this age, as this person says. Yes.
Ah.
The questioner:
And Allah is the Greatest. The Greatest,
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, Ashhadu ann
الله أكبر، الله أكبر، أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، أشهد أنThe Shaykh:
And there is no god but Allah.
The questioner:
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, hasten to prayer, hasten to prayer,
The Shaykh:
hasten to success, hasten to success, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that prisons are a newly invented punishment, that they are a tool for oppressing people, and that there is no benefit for them in them. What is the opinion on that?
The Shaykh:
This is a false statement, because prisons existed in the time of the Caliphs. The Rightly Guided Caliphs; 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) built a prison in Makkah, so it is a punishment among the types of punishments; imprisonment is one of the types of punishments. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a merchant sells on installment, but.
The Shaykh:
To the point that Allah mentioned in the story of Yusuf (peace be upon him), who was in prison for a few years. Imprisonment is well known; it is not something newly invented in this age, as this person says. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، باب: كفارة القتل — islamhouse.com (1:01:17)
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