The Ruling on Armed and Unarmed Gangs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a sister asked a while ago: We are in what is now called the large gangs. If they are arrested without a current theft, but based on old thefts…
Answer:
If the gangs are armed, these are highway robbers, and the penalty for highway robbery must be applied to them. But if they are not armed, and it is only for pickpocketing and theft, then the penalty for theft is applied to them. If the conditions for the penalty of theft are met, the penalty is carried out. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a sister asked a while ago: We are in what is now called the large gangs. If they are arrested without a current theft, but based on old thefts…
Answer:
If the gangs are armed, these are highway robbers, and the penalty for highway robbery must be applied to them. But if they are not armed, and it is only for pickpocketing and theft, then the penalty for theft is applied to them. If the conditions for the penalty of theft are met, the penalty is carried out. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 85 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|باب حد السرقة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:23)
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