Hinting at false accusation of adultery without explicit statement
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if a person hints at the false accusation of adultery but does not state it explicitly, is the hadd punishment carried out against him?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement on this; they call it *kinayah* (indirect expression). If a person uses a phrase that implies the false accusation of adultery but is not explicit, the scholars differed. Some said that it constitutes the false accusation, while others said that as long as he did not explicitly state the false accusation, it does not constitute it.
The questioner:
It is a more serious matter.
The Shaykh:
But he is subject to discretionary punishment. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a person hints at the false accusation of adultery but does not state it explicitly, is the hadd punishment carried out against him?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement on this; they call it *kinayah* (indirect expression). If a person uses a phrase that implies the false accusation of adultery but is not explicit, the scholars differed. Some said that it constitutes the false accusation, while others said that as long as he did not explicitly state the false accusation, it does not constitute it.
The questioner:
It is a more serious matter.
The Shaykh:
But he is subject to discretionary punishment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 144 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الحدود/حد القذف/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:38)
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