What is the hudud punishment for hirabah, and what is the ruling on one who repents before being caught?
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Question:
What is the hudud punishment for hirabah? If one repents before being caught in the case of hirabah, is the hudud punishment carried out against him?
Answer:
Hirabah is among the great evils. It is cutting off the road, and going out against people with weapons to take their wealth. This is called hirabah. They are called road cutters, and they are called those who cause corruption on earth.
They go out against people with weapons, of various types of weapons, even with sticks, in the town, or on the roads, or in the open desert. They threaten them with weapons, or with sticks, or with their hands, according to the correct view, even if it is only with their hands—if there is no weapon in their hands—or with their hands by force, taking people's wealth by force.
These are called road cutters, and it is the duty of the one in authority to deal with them as Allah mentioned in His Book in His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah: 33, 34].
These are the road cutters, and they are the perpetrators of hirabah. It is the duty of the one in authority to pursue them with force, and to strive to track their traces and chase them until he captures them, and to judge them according to what Allah has prescribed, so that they do not cause corruption on earth, and so that they do not compromise security.
Question: Is riba a form of hirabah?
Answer: It is war against Allah and His Messenger, but it is not the known hirabah. It is called war against Allah and His Messenger because it is a sin, and a major one. We ask Allah for safety.
What is the hudud punishment for hirabah? If one repents before being caught in the case of hirabah, is the hudud punishment carried out against him?
Answer:
Hirabah is among the great evils. It is cutting off the road, and going out against people with weapons to take their wealth. This is called hirabah. They are called road cutters, and they are called those who cause corruption on earth.
They go out against people with weapons, of various types of weapons, even with sticks, in the town, or on the roads, or in the open desert. They threaten them with weapons, or with sticks, or with their hands, according to the correct view, even if it is only with their hands—if there is no weapon in their hands—or with their hands by force, taking people's wealth by force.
These are called road cutters, and it is the duty of the one in authority to deal with them as Allah mentioned in His Book in His saying, the Exalted:
(33) Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment, (34) Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمThese are the road cutters, and they are the perpetrators of hirabah. It is the duty of the one in authority to pursue them with force, and to strive to track their traces and chase them until he captures them, and to judge them according to what Allah has prescribed, so that they do not cause corruption on earth, and so that they do not compromise security.
Question: Is riba a form of hirabah?
Answer: It is war against Allah and His Messenger, but it is not the known hirabah. It is called war against Allah and His Messenger because it is a sin, and a major one. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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