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What is the ruling on assaulting a Muslim with beating and weapons on an unsubstantiated accusation of theft, and what is the ruling on one who condones that?

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The actions of these individuals are forbidden (haram). Islamic law prohibits accusing a Muslim of evil and assaulting their life, property, and honor, based on the Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin." And based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Indeed, your blood, your properties, your honor, and your skins are sacred to one another." And his saying: "A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim; he does not wrong him, nor does he abandon him, nor does he despise him... All of a Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his blood, his property, and his honor." It is also established that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade terrifying a Muslim and brandishing a weapon in their face without a legitimate Shar'i right, and he threatened those who do so with expulsion from the mercy of Allah the Almighty, based on his (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever points a piece of iron at his brother, the angels curse him until he stops," and his saying: "It is not permissible for a Muslim to frighten another Muslim." It is not permissible for others to condone their actions. The obligation is to support the oppressed and forbid the wrongdoers from evil.

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