Who is the Sultan?
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The questioner : We said we will speak about who the Sultan is.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is regarding intercession in the application of a fixed punishment.
The Shaykh : It appears that the Sultan is the one who rules on the fixed punishment, not the one who verifies it, nor the one who executes it, because the executor is merely carrying out what has been decreed. As for the judge who says, "So-and-so has been established in my view, and I have ordered so-and-so," it is he who is addressed.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is regarding intercession in the application of a fixed punishment.
The Shaykh : It appears that the Sultan is the one who rules on the fixed punishment, not the one who verifies it, nor the one who executes it, because the executor is merely carrying out what has been decreed. As for the judge who says, "So-and-so has been established in my view, and I have ordered so-and-so," it is he who is addressed.