What is the ruling on a wife who was in a relationship with a Christian man before marriage, and who killed him after telling her husband everything that happened between them?
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The adultery committed by a Christian man with a Muslim woman is a shared crime between them if the woman was consenting. The inquirer's attempt to kill him is a reprehensible crime, because the implementation of hudud (punishments) is the prerogative of the ruler, not individual people.
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