Is it permissible for the unchaste fornicator (غير المحصن) who has sincerely repented and has not been apprehended, to request the implementation of the hudud penalty for fornication upon himself, and for the flogging to be carried out in a private place to avoid public exposure, and for the flogging to be administered in portions? And does the hudud penalty then lapse for him? Is exile or banishment (النفي أو التغريب) a Sunnah after flogging, and is it a hadd (prescribed penalty) or a ta'zir (discretionary punishment)? Is it permissible to adopt the view of the Hanafis in abolishing exile for the sake of public interest (maslahah)? And is it sufficient for a person to exile himself to nullify his hadd penalty?
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The questioner should praise Allah for their repentance and cover themselves with the veil of Allah the Almighty, not seeking or demanding the Hadd (prescribed punishment). The majority of scholars hold that whoever repents from a sin should, in principle, conceal it and not admit it to anyone. Rather, they should repent from it privately between themselves and Allah the Almighty.
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