Is it permissible for those who have been wronged in a non-Muslim country to punish criminals themselves upon catching them red-handed, due to the prevalence of corruption in the police force and the absence of hope for achieving justice through them?
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It is permissible to discipline offenders with a beating or similar (methods) according to the gravity of the offense, but it is never permissible to kill them, because the application of capital punishment is the prerogative of the rulers.
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