• Hudud

Ruling on replacing stoning the adulterer to death with a sword or gun

Sep 13, 2024 / Rabiul Awwal 10, 1446

It is impermissible to replace stoning to death with killing by sword or shooting with a gun, because stoning to death is more deterring and preven...

The Quran is the Word of Allah and is not created

Aug 02, 2024 / Muharram 27, 1446 AH

The difference between the two statements is that claiming that the Qur'an is created is a statement of disbelief that takes the Muslim out of ...

Executing one who apostatizes from Islam

Oct 26, 2020 / Rabi' Al-Awwal 9, 1442 AH

The Noble Qur'an and the purified Sunnah have verified the obligation of executing a Murtad if they refuse to repent and this is understood in ...

Tawbah to prevent the execution of the Hadd

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

If Hudud come to the knowledge of the ruler and are proven by sufficient evidence, they should be carried out and should not be waived by Tawbah ac...

Stoning versus lashing a previously married man committing Zina

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

It is impermissible to cut one's own hand to apply the Hadd of stealing or to kill oneself if there is a reason to do it. A person should perfo...

Responsible for Qisas

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

It is not permissible to resort to Qisas (just retaliation) unless the crime is legally confirmed through the legal court. Only the ruler should br...

Punishment on the Day of Resurrection for someone to whom the Hadd has been administered

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

Will a sinner who receives the Hadd (ordained punishment for violating Allah’s Law) in worldly life be punished on the day of Resurrection?

Permissibility of the victim's guardian giving up the right of executing the Hadd

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

The guardian of the victim is not permitted to forgo, for executing the punishment is Allah's right, and the ruler is the one responsible for t...

Paying money instead of executing the Hadd

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

It is not permissible to substitute the Hudud (ordained punishments for violating Allah’s Law) that Allah decreed with monetary fines; because the ...

Forgiving the people of good qualities their slips

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

The Hadith means that it is desirable to forgive people of good qualities if they commit a small or trivial mistake but not a sin that requires the...

A family executing the Hadd of Zina if living in a country that does not apply Shari'ah

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

You are not entitled to execute the punishment; because execution of Hudud (ordained punishments for violating Allah’s Law) against the fornicator ...

Executing Hadd in the absence of the ruler

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

Only a Muslim ruler or his deputy is entitled to execute the Hudud, so as to keep order, prevent transgression, and oppression, and provide security.

Lesbianism and its Hadd

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

Lesbianism stands for homosexuality between females. It is forbidden and those who commit it have to be punished with Ta'zir (discretionary pun...

Ruling on sodomy and the effect on illegitimate children

Aug 29, 2020 / Muharram 10, 1442 AH

Sodomy is one of the major sins, whether it is committed with a boy or an adult, and whether it is with or without their consent.