Is the piercing of the eye mentioned in the hadith: (If I had known that you were looking, I would have pierced your eye with it) from the category of repelling an aggressor, or from the category of discretionary punishment?
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The questioner : Regarding the hadith before this one.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Regarding the hadith before this one. Is it... from the category of repelling an aggressor or punishment, or from the category of discretionary punishment?
The Shaykh : No, it is not from the category of repelling an aggressor. If it were from the category of repelling an aggressor, I would simply say, as soon as I see him, "O so-and-so, fear Allah, do not look at us," and he would want to leave. Perhaps from the day he sees that we are aware of him, he would want to leave.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is from the category of punishment and discretionary punishment. Discretionary punishment is a punishment, but one that is not fixed by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Regarding the hadith before this one. Is it... from the category of repelling an aggressor or punishment, or from the category of discretionary punishment?
The Shaykh : No, it is not from the category of repelling an aggressor. If it were from the category of repelling an aggressor, I would simply say, as soon as I see him, "O so-and-so, fear Allah, do not look at us," and he would want to leave. Perhaps from the day he sees that we are aware of him, he would want to leave.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is from the category of punishment and discretionary punishment. Discretionary punishment is a punishment, but one that is not fixed by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.