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Al-Baqarah 2:178

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِصَاصُ فِى ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ ٱلْحُرُّ بِٱلْحُرِّ وَٱلْعَبْدُ بِٱلْعَبْدِ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَىْءٌ فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him [i.e., the deceased's heir or legal representative] with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الذين صدقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه فرض الله عليكم أن تقتصوا من القاتل عمدا بقتله، بشرط المساواة والمماثلة: يُقتل الحر بمثله، والعبد بمثله، والأنثى بمثلها. فمن سامحه ولي المقتول بالعفو عن الاقتصاص منه والاكتفاء بأخذ الدية -وهي قدر مالي محدد يدفعه الجاني مقابل العفو عنه- فليلتزم الطرفان بحسن الخلق، فيطالب الولي بالدية من غير عنف، ويدفع القاتل إليه حقه بإحسان، مِن غير تأخير ولا نقص. ذلك العفو مع أخذ الدية تخفيف من ربكم ورحمة بكم; لما فيه من التسهيل والانتفاع. فمَن قتل القاتل بعد العفو عنه وأَخْذِ الدية فله عذاب أليم بقتله قصاصًا في الدنيا، أو بالنار في الآخرة.

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