What is the ruling on one who drinks alcohol, commits adultery, and kills a soul, which God has forbidden, given that the state does not implement the Sharia punishments?
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What is mentioned in the question are among the gravest major sins, and whoever commits them must repent according to its conditions. As for one who has committed fornication or drunk alcohol and whose affair has not been exposed, he should conceal himself with Allah's concealment. However, intentional killing is not sufficiently atoned for by repentance alone; rather, one must surrender oneself to the guardians of the slain for retribution (qisas) or forgiveness. If it was accidental, then by paying the blood money (diyah).
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