Is it permissible to invoke a curse upon one who is executed for a hudud crime?
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The questioner : A question, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If a person is subjected to a hudud punishment, is one to invoke for him or against him?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If a person is subjected to a hudud punishment, if he is subjected to a hudud punishment!
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : Is one to invoke against him or for him if he is a Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person is killed by a hudud punishment, meaning he is stoned and he is a fornicator, or if he is killed by qisas (retaliation), then he is prayed over and one invokes for him mercy and forgiveness, perhaps Allah will forgive him and have mercy on him. As for one who is killed as a disbeliever and apostate, one does not invoke for him mercy, nor is he washed. The one who kills a disbeliever, for example, if a person kills one who does not pray, he is killed as an apostate and disbeliever. This one is not washed, not shrouded, not prayed over, not buried with the Muslims, and one does not invoke for him mercy. And whoever invokes for him mercy is sinful, following a path other than the path of the believers, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:113].
As for one who is killed by a hudud punishment or killed by qisas, he is washed, shrouded, prayed over, buried with the Muslims, and one invokes for him forgiveness, mercy, and pardon, like any other of the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If a person is subjected to a hudud punishment, is one to invoke for him or against him?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : If a person is subjected to a hudud punishment, if he is subjected to a hudud punishment!
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : Is one to invoke against him or for him if he is a Muslim?
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person is killed by a hudud punishment, meaning he is stoned and he is a fornicator, or if he is killed by qisas (retaliation), then he is prayed over and one invokes for him mercy and forgiveness, perhaps Allah will forgive him and have mercy on him. As for one who is killed as a disbeliever and apostate, one does not invoke for him mercy, nor is he washed. The one who kills a disbeliever, for example, if a person kills one who does not pray, he is killed as an apostate and disbeliever. This one is not washed, not shrouded, not prayed over, not buried with the Muslims, and one does not invoke for him mercy. And whoever invokes for him mercy is sinful, following a path other than the path of the believers, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
ما كان للنبي والذين آمنوا أن يستغفروا للمشركين ولو كانوا أولي قربى من بعد ما تبيّن لهم أنهم أصحاب الجحيمAs for one who is killed by a hudud punishment or killed by qisas, he is washed, shrouded, prayed over, buried with the Muslims, and one invokes for him forgiveness, mercy, and pardon, like any other of the Muslims.