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layout: post
title: "Permissibility of the victim's guardian giving up the right of executing the Hadd"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Ad-Da'imah of KSA no. 13432"
hijri: "Muharram 10, 1442 AH"
category: ["rulership", hudud]
summary: "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 the execution."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
---

### Question: 

In the current Shawwal 20, two students in the first grade in the preparatory school committed homosexuality with a third student, after bullying him and preventing him from seeking help. The case is pending for investigation. My question is: Is it permissible for the guardian of the victim to forgo the two perpetrators and give up the complaint, or is this one of Allah's Rights?

### Answer:

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 the execution.