One who committed unlawful sexual intercourse and said, "I was ignorant that zina is forbidden," should we make him take an oath?
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The questioner : One who committed unlawful sexual intercourse, and we do not know whether he was ignorant or not, should we make him take an oath?
The Shaykh : He takes the oath. If he claims ignorance, he takes the oath.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He will come to us, if Allah wills, in the chapter on oaths. The school of thought is that we do not make him take an oath.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : This is understood in a different sense; it is understood that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) feared that someone might show favoritism to a person in the future, favoring a relative. Then, it is a discretionary punishment, and the imam may have a different view regarding it.
The Shaykh : He takes the oath. If he claims ignorance, he takes the oath.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He will come to us, if Allah wills, in the chapter on oaths. The school of thought is that we do not make him take an oath.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : This is understood in a different sense; it is understood that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) feared that someone might show favoritism to a person in the future, favoring a relative. Then, it is a discretionary punishment, and the imam may have a different view regarding it.