Is confiscating the property of the person being disciplined permissible under Ta'zir?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Beverages (Intoxicants)

Book 53 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Seizing the property of the disciplined individual is forbidden. The lack of any established precedent from authoritative sources (those who are to be emulated) for taking property during discretionary punishment prohibits this action, as the purpose is correction, not financial confiscation.