Qisas

And so if you kill them in order-- in that scenario, then that, uh, amr is returned back to the hakim, the qadi, the judge, and the judge will make an essential ruling in terms of what is upon him to do in term-- whether there's the qisas or, ya'ani, um- Whether there is, yeah, I need the blood money that is paid.

Now, the blood money that is paid.

The Qisas referring to what essentially or the, or the ghalaabatu dhun? The Qisas.

When we're saying the Qisas, what, what could that be? What could that mean? The death penalty.

Now, execution, and this would be in the scenario more so if it was, uh, premeditated.

Now, so for example, he's aware that the, for example, this individual has tried to take from his food.

Jazakumullahu khairan.

So this narration is narration, no doubt, discussing the affair of the Qisas.

I lawful, um, retribution.

Na'am.

But if it was done against a human being, there's a fourth condition, which is what? To compensate and give it back again to them.

So similarly over here, what do we have in this situation? So should you go to the family and say, "Hey, I did it ten years ago, and I wanna right now give you the option to choose." And one of those options could be what, the Jama'ah? Qisas, capital punishment, which means the person could lose their life, right? Should that be a deterrent from him from going to, um, give these people the haq? The ulema, the majority they say, "No.

If a person deliberately killed somebody, he still owes the family that kind of peace of mind." So he needs to go to them and says, "It was me who did it." Obviously, of course, if that's gonna cause, ya'ani, for him to be killed on the hand of these people by retaliation, then you don't go to them.

Where do you go? You go to court.

Um, sometimes I feel very frustrated that the allegations letters I send, most of the allegations are simply flatly denied.

But there has been some positive outcomes too, in examples of, um, Qisas cases, for example, where, um, uh, the individual, um, uh, was spared execution.

Although it's very difficult to, you know, make causal connections like that.

I mean, there was also a huge international media campaign about this case, so I don't want to say that the allegation letter I sent, you know, resulted in the halt in the execution.

I'm telling you something that is your life is dependent on it, if you only understood.

وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاتٌ يَأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ In the penalty of murder, of execution for the murder, قِصَاصِ is the one who murders should be executed.

You don't have mercy for the murderer.

The murder, the one who intentionally murders, cold-blooded murder, the law of the land is that person.