Anwar petik hadis tentang keadilan tanpa pilih kasih
Perdana menteri berkongsi hadis Rasulullah SAW berkaitan hukuman terhadap golongan berkedudukan tinggi dan golongan lemah.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shared a hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW regarding punishment for high-ranking individuals and the weak through a Facebook post. He quoted al-Bukhari (3475) from Aisyah RA, reminding that earlier generations perished when those in positions of authority went unpunished for theft, yet the weak were punished for the same offense.
"Indeed the destroyer of the people before you is when those in authority among them commit theft and they allow it. But when the weak among them commit theft, they implement hudud punishment upon them." Anwar emphasized the principle of justice in administering punishment irrespective of one's status or familial relationship. However, he did not mention any specific individuals or directly link the hadith to current developments, as the post was made after the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to allow former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve the remaining portion of his prison term under house arrest.
Earlier today, the High Court overturned Najib's release order dated November 6 and issued a new order permitting him to serve the remaining part of his house arrest until August 23, 2028, following the Attorney General's Counsel's request to reconsider the previous order after Umno agreed to pay the RM50 million fine on his behalf.
Anwar personally disapproved of Umno's payment due to concerns about trivializing large-scale corruption fraud charges based on friendship. Nevertheless, he stressed that the payment decision was Umno's right, while the government respected the legal process and the Sultan's decision based on the Constitution. Najib was imprisoned in August 2022 after the Federal Court upheld his conviction for misuse of power, criminal breach of trust, and embezzlement of Zakat funds amounting to RM42 million.
In January 2024, his imprisonment term was reduced by half to six years, and the fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million through royal pardon. On September 18, King Ibrahim issued conditional pardon allowing Najib to serve the remaining prison term under house arrest until August 23, 2028.
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