Questioner:
Here in Iraq, we have armed groups that establish the Islamic punishment on the spies. So they kill them because they have apostates. Do they have a right to do this?
Shaykh Abdul Muhsin al ‘Abbaad (may Allah preserve him):
Who is this group that is establishing the Islamic punishment upon them (spies)? Perhaps they are like them or even worse. Particularly if they are from the Takfiris; those who rage Takfeer (declaring other to be non-muslims) upon the people and spread their corruption on the earth…