If a madman regains his sanity and confesses to committing unlawful sexual intercourse, do we apply the fixed punishment to him?
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The questioner : If a madman regains his sanity for part of the time, and in his state of sanity he confesses that he killed someone, but he did not know...
The Shaykh : We are not speaking about killing; we are speaking about the fixed punishments. Killing is not a fixed punishment; retaliation belongs to the guardians of the murdered person.
The questioner : If he committed unlawful sexual intercourse?
The Shaykh : If he committed unlawful sexual intercourse in his state of sanity, the fixed punishment is applied to him.
The questioner : He does not know whether it happened in his state of sanity or not?
The Shaykh : How did we catch him? Did we catch him committing unlawful sexual intercourse?
The questioner : Did he confess?
The Shaykh : Did we catch him committing unlawful sexual intercourse while he was in a state of madness or in a state of sanity?
The questioner : Did he acknowledge that he committed unlawful sexual intercourse in his state of sanity?
The Shaykh : In his state of sanity, the fixed punishment is applied to him if the conditions are met. Do you see that the one who asked once has no question?
The Shaykh : We are not speaking about killing; we are speaking about the fixed punishments. Killing is not a fixed punishment; retaliation belongs to the guardians of the murdered person.
The questioner : If he committed unlawful sexual intercourse?
The Shaykh : If he committed unlawful sexual intercourse in his state of sanity, the fixed punishment is applied to him.
The questioner : He does not know whether it happened in his state of sanity or not?
The Shaykh : How did we catch him? Did we catch him committing unlawful sexual intercourse?
The questioner : Did he confess?
The Shaykh : Did we catch him committing unlawful sexual intercourse while he was in a state of madness or in a state of sanity?
The questioner : Did he acknowledge that he committed unlawful sexual intercourse in his state of sanity?
The Shaykh : In his state of sanity, the fixed punishment is applied to him if the conditions are met. Do you see that the one who asked once has no question?