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A truly horrific case of a convicted pedophile brought to Imam Nawawi (d. 1277):
"A man unjustly forced himself upon a 4 y.o. girl and raped her without doubt, tearing the private part such that her vagina and anus is merged.
Then, her father married her to the rapist."
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"A man unjustly forced himself upon a 4 y.o. girl and raped her without doubt, tearing the private part such that her vagina and anus is merged.
Then, her father married her to the rapist."
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The Imam responds:
He has to pay the blood-money worth of 50 camels, pay the average dowry & for breaking her virginity (determined by the judge), and the Hadd of Zina is applied on him [either stoned to death or 100 lashes accordingly].
The marriage is null and...
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He has to pay the blood-money worth of 50 camels, pay the average dowry & for breaking her virginity (determined by the judge), and the Hadd of Zina is applied on him [either stoned to death or 100 lashes accordingly].
The marriage is null and...
(2/3)
the father is never allowed to marry her off again.
📚Fatawa an-Nawawi, p. 219. Collected by his student Ibn al-'Attar.
What struck me in a second read is how in line this decree is with his own exposition of said topics in Minhaj.
Truly, words put into action.
رحمه الله
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📚Fatawa an-Nawawi, p. 219. Collected by his student Ibn al-'Attar.
What struck me in a second read is how in line this decree is with his own exposition of said topics in Minhaj.
Truly, words put into action.
رحمه الله
(3/3)
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