What is the difference between qisas (retaliation in kind) and punishment?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between qisas (retaliation in kind) and punishment?
Answer:
Qisas is a result, and punishment is the result of qisas, the result of qisas. Yes, qisas is punishment; the qisas itself is punishment. Killing is punishment, cutting off the hand is punishment, cutting off a limb is punishment. Yes, flogging is punishment. A group of scholars testify that both are punishment. It is all punishment. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between qisas (retaliation in kind) and punishment?
Answer:
Qisas is a result, and punishment is the result of qisas, the result of qisas. Yes, qisas is punishment; the qisas itself is punishment. Killing is punishment, cutting off the hand is punishment, cutting off a limb is punishment. Yes, flogging is punishment. A group of scholars testify that both are punishment. It is all punishment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [185 -560] ما الفرق بين القصاص وبين العذاب؟ — youtube.com
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