The Ruling on Torturing Criminals in Prisons and the Like
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Question:
In some places, such as prisons and the like, are some people tortured with electrical devices because they are sinners?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. If he deserves discipline, he is disciplined, such as by establishing the hadd for false accusation of adultery and the hadd of ta'zir. However, ta'zir by fire or electrical devices is not permissible.
Q: Or killing him, for example, by electrocution?
A: It is not permissible to kill him by cutting off his limbs:Sahih Muslim 1955a.
In some places, such as prisons and the like, are some people tortured with electrical devices because they are sinners?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible. If he deserves discipline, he is disciplined, such as by establishing the hadd for false accusation of adultery and the hadd of ta'zir. However, ta'zir by fire or electrical devices is not permissible.
Q: Or killing him, for example, by electrocution?
A: It is not permissible to kill him by cutting off his limbs:
so when you kill, kill in a good way
إذا قتلتم فأحسنوا القتلة
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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