A group of people went to the house of one of them to take him from there, but he refused to go with them and struck them, killing one of them. What is the ruling in this case?
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The questioner : Another question. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : A man was preaching to the people on the pulpit, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and he said a word of truth that struck some of the people. When he turned to go to his house, a group of people came to him and said, “We want to take you to so-and-so.” He said to them:[An-Nur 24:28], so they knocked on his door and said, “You must come out.”
The Shaykh : Strange.
The questioner : Of course, he is being sought by a specific party.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then they knocked on his door again, and he said to them, “Go back. Islam commands you to go back; it is purer for you.” They entered his house to take him, so he reminded them of Allah thatSahih Muslim 41, and if you drag me out, I will drag you into the abyss.
The Shaykh: To?
The questioner : Into the abyss, meaning I will strike you, to be more precise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When they dragged him out, he struck them all, and one of them died. Is he a killer of a soul? And is that permissible for him?
The Shaykh : Answer: If they intended to kill him and he killed, then he is not a killer in the Shari'ah. But if they did not intend to kill him and he killed, then he is a killer.
The questioner : They intended to drag him out.
The Shaykh : Whatever the matter was.
The questioner : How did the situation develop, I mean.
The Shaykh : I understood you; now it is up to you to understand me.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is the reward for good except good? May Allah bless you. If a person or persons came to a man intending to kill him, and he killed one or more, then there is no blame on him, and he is defending himself. But if persons came intending to contradict the previous verse:[An-Nur 24:28], and they did not return, saying, “We want to take you,” and the man in the house knows that he will not be taken to be killed, but rather to be interrogated, and perhaps they will force him to keep his mouth shut, and not to enjoin good or forbid evil, this does not justify him in killing.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is the answer clear?
The questioner : One hundred percent.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : A man was preaching to the people on the pulpit, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and he said a word of truth that struck some of the people. When he turned to go to his house, a group of people came to him and said, “We want to take you to so-and-so.” He said to them:
And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back; it is purer for you
وَإِنْ قِيلَ لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوا فَارْجِعُوا هُوَ أَزْكَى لَكُمْThe Shaykh : Strange.
The questioner : Of course, he is being sought by a specific party.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then they knocked on his door again, and he said to them, “Go back. Islam commands you to go back; it is purer for you.” They entered his house to take him, so he reminded them of Allah that
A Muslim is he from whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe.
المسلم مَن سَلِمَ المسلمون من لسانه ويدهThe Shaykh: To?
The questioner : Into the abyss, meaning I will strike you, to be more precise.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When they dragged him out, he struck them all, and one of them died. Is he a killer of a soul? And is that permissible for him?
The Shaykh : Answer: If they intended to kill him and he killed, then he is not a killer in the Shari'ah. But if they did not intend to kill him and he killed, then he is a killer.
The questioner : They intended to drag him out.
The Shaykh : Whatever the matter was.
The questioner : How did the situation develop, I mean.
The Shaykh : I understood you; now it is up to you to understand me.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is the reward for good except good? May Allah bless you. If a person or persons came to a man intending to kill him, and he killed one or more, then there is no blame on him, and he is defending himself. But if persons came intending to contradict the previous verse:
And if it is said to you, "Go back," then go back
وَإِنْ قِيلَ لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوا فَارْجِعُواThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is the answer clear?
The questioner : One hundred percent.
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