Religious scholar "sentenced to pay blood money to mother after serving short jail term" for daughter's death.
A Saudi man who raped his five-year-old daughter and tortured her to death has been sentenced to pay "blood money" to the mother after having served a short jail term, according to activists.
The man, said to be a religious scholar who is also a regular guest on Islamic television networks, confessed to having used cables and a cane to inflict the injuries, activists from the group Women to Drive said in a statement on Saturday.
Lamia was admitted to hospital on December 25, 2011, with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm, extensive bruising and burns, the activists said.
They said the father had doubted his daughter Lama's virginity and had her checked up by a medic.
She died last October.
Randa al-Kaleeb, a social worker from the hospital where Lama was admitted, said the girl's back was broken and that she had been raped "everywhere", according to the group.
The activists said that the judge had ruled the prosecution could only seek "blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama's death suffices as punishment".
Three Saudi activists, including Manal al-Sharif, who in 2011 challenged Saudi laws that prevent women from driving, have raised objections to the ruling.
The ruling is based on national laws that a father cannot be executed for murdering his children, nor can husbands be executed for murdering their wives, activists said.
"Whoever takes knowledge from books loses the regulations."
(man akhadha al-`ilma min al-kutubi Dayya`a al-aHkaama). [Reported by Nawawi in the introduction to "al-Majmu"]
I give a **** about what the activists say the judge said and such sort of stuff, tell us what the judge said without the intermediaries.
There's already enough media machinery employed across the world to defame Muslims and Islam, even the few leaders / scholars that we have...
Even Al-Azhar hasn't been spared.
Dar al Ulum Deoband is regularly maligned by the Indian media.
To hell with al Jazeera.
Bro, there are many corrupt scholars and this case can be used by the media to spread it all over the world. If a non-muslim has done this you wouldnt see it on international media.
I have the same viewpoint about 'Saudi' arabia, the rulers are ehrrr...well they are the only rulers who has named the country after their name.
However this forum has the rule to not speak bad about the house of saud, on one thing i agree with this as this could prevent arguments, but one the other side, the saudi rulers have brought the enemies of Allah into the lands of arabia, estabilish military bases, and most of the oil goes to the west/israel. Not the muslim world. This regime has also been responsible for waging a war on yemen and actively has paid mercenaries, and involved in gun running. With backing of the west.
Anyway enough..lets go ontopic.
http://www.youtube.com/user/robinb4life?feature=mhee
I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground. - Umar ibn khattab(Ra)
Bro, there are many corrupt scholars and this case can be used by the media to spread it all over the world. If a non-muslim has done this you wouldnt see it on international media.
I have the same viewpoint about 'Saudi' arabia, the rulers are ehrrr...well they are the only rulers who has named the country after their name.
However this forum has the rule to not speak bad about the house of saud, on one thing i agree with this as this could prevent arguments, but one the other side, the saudi rulers have brought the enemies of Allah into the lands of arabia, estabilish military bases, and most of the oil goes to the west/israel. Not the muslim world. This regime has also been responsible for waging a war on yemen and actively has paid mercenaries, and involved in gun running. With backing of the west.
Anyway enough..lets go ontopic.
I agree with you bro (on the Saudi shenanigans) but its between us, an internal problem, we'll have to sort it out between ourselves, but if the kuffar comes between us, I'll put a bullet in their heads rather than our mischief making brothers (the Saudis), there's no denying they (the house of Sauds) have problems.
"Whoever takes knowledge from books loses the regulations."
(man akhadha al-`ilma min al-kutubi Dayya`a al-aHkaama). [Reported by Nawawi in the introduction to "al-Majmu"]
so...if it is true, release him for the murder...the arrest him and kill him for the rape
Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire http://www.muftimenk.co.za/Downloads.html
If the details are true, then yes this is appalling.
That is what has me puzzled. Why wasn't he tried on the Rape?
At the moment I will just say it is possible we do not know the whole story and have been given just enough information to think bad about. We should not and can not judge others, when we ourselves are not witnesses to the event.
We all may agree a horrible act was committed. But, we are depending on the words of others to make any opinion and not what we have personally seen.
We should not and can not judge others, when we ourselves are not witnesses to the event.
We all may agree a horrible act was committed. But, we are depending on the words of others to make any opinion and not what we have personally seen.
So, we shouldn't judge USA for its atrocities in Iraq until we personally go and see what has happened there? I would spare myself the ticket and the danger and put my trust on trusted news agencies.
Last edited by Roasted Cashew; 02-06-2013 at 01:23 PM.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
- Stephen Hawking
So, we shouldn't judge USA for it's atrocities in Iraq until we personally go and see what has happened there? I would spare myself the ticket and the danger and put my trust on trusted news agencies.
We can personally verify and compare news from multiple sources if they are available. But when like in this case we are just looking at one source. we are not certain if there is or is not another side to the story.
We can not personally be a witness to all things, but we can look at multiple sources, including those we disagree with and try to sort out all the facts. but, I believe we need to be open to the possibility that our sources contain error and with hold judgement until we see a preponderance of evidence.
"Whoever takes knowledge from books loses the regulations."
(man akhadha al-`ilma min al-kutubi Dayya`a al-aHkaama). [Reported by Nawawi in the introduction to "al-Majmu"]
We can not personally be a witness to all things, but we can look at multiple sources, including those we disagree with and try to sort out all the facts. but, I believe we need to be open to the possibility that our sources contain error and with hold judgement until we see a preponderance of evidence.
Sure, only if u had said this the first time around!!!
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
- Stephen Hawking
Strange ruling. I thought blood money was only paid out to other victims families, not to a wife of the killer. If this man killed a child from another family the father can ask for death penalty, prison, blood money or forgive the man. However, I believe a man can kill his OWN wife and offspring and it is no one else's business except Allah. That's what a Shafi Imam told me.
Strange ruling. I thought blood money was only paid out to other victims families, not to a wife of the killer. If this man killed a child from another family the father can ask for death penalty, prison, blood money or forgive the man. However, I believe a man can kill his OWN wife and offspring and it is no one else's business except Allah. That's what a Shafi Imam told me.
However, I believe a man can kill his OWN wife and offspring and it is no one else's business except Allah. That's what a Shafi Imam told me.
Excuse me, but on what Islamic evidence did the Shafi imam you are speaking of deduce his conclusions?. No where in the Qur'an does it say that a man who kills his wife and children is exempted from jursidical judgement. That doesn't even sound fair at all.
if what is written in the main post about the father raping his daughter proven then undoubtedly what the father did to this innocent small child – if it is proven – is a serious crime, for which he deserves to be excuted.
and Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said the same as the following (found the fatwa of Ibn Uthaymeen in Arabic and after searching found another fatwa Alhamdulilah in english here http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-t...g-his-son.html stating the same as what Ibn Uthaymeen said( Rahimahu Allah):
if a father kills his son on purpose, he should be executed for killing him. This is the opinion of imam Malik. Some Muslim scholars, however, see it unimaginable for a father to intentionally murder his, supposed to be beloved and dear, son and therefore a father may not be executed for killing his son as this is most probably not an intentional killing. All in all, a judge could punish the criminal with the proper penalty according to the evidences he has regarding the case.
A father is not expected to kill his child on purpose. It was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “No father should be killed (executed) for killing his son.” (At-Tirmidhi) Some Muslim scholars, therefore, see it unimaginable for a father to intentionally murder his son.
Accordingly, a suspected father may not be executed for killing his son as this is most probably not an intentional killing.Having said this, it should be also pointed out that Imam Malik has a different opinion: if a father kills his son definitely on purpose without any doubt, he may be executed. The judge, therefore, has the right to afflict the proper punishment on the criminal on the basis of the proofs he has regarding the case.
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