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"What is the ruling on a deceased person who was killed, and is he forgiven and is the reckoning eased for him? "

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"In the explanation of the verse: {Indeed, I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin}, it is stated that the killer does not bear the sin of the murdered person, and the hadith ""The killer does not leave any sin on the murdered person"" is not authentic. And even if the hadith ""Killing with patience does not pass by a sin without erasing it"" is authentic, its meaning is that Allah expiates the sins of the murdered person with the pain of being killed. The murdered person may demand his due from the killer, and the killer's good deeds will be taken for him. If his right is not fully satisfied, then the sins of the murdered person will be taken and cast upon the killer. The hadith to that effect is authentic regarding all injustices, and murder is one of the greatest of them. There is no evidence indicating that the murdered person is forgiven absolutely because of being killed; rather, this statement is false because it contradicts many Sharia texts.

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