If Allah the Exalted has forgiven the sins of highway robbers when they come repenting, and has shown them mercy by dropping the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) from them, what about the rights of the people?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding... you said, meaning, if they come to... and if the rights involve blood, that they killed some people, does that mean the wali (guardian)...?
The Shaykh : This is a second issue regarding the rights of human beings; these remain. But you know that the rights of human beings are something a created being can drop, whereas the right of Allah is not. So if they do not repent before being captured and we surround them, it is obligatory that we kill them, even if the guardians of the murdered say, "We have pardoned them." Therefore, if the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) are dropped from them, they are still taken for what belongs to the human beings in terms of life and wealth. The second point of contention.
The Shaykh : This is a second issue regarding the rights of human beings; these remain. But you know that the rights of human beings are something a created being can drop, whereas the right of Allah is not. So if they do not repent before being captured and we surround them, it is obligatory that we kill them, even if the guardians of the murdered say, "We have pardoned them." Therefore, if the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) are dropped from them, they are still taken for what belongs to the human beings in terms of life and wealth. The second point of contention.