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  1. Is it true that a person's sins would disappear if he is given the punishment that is decided in sharia'h?

  2. What is the punishment of touching a non-mahram? And by touching, I mean handshake and in an extreme case, a hug. Not any other form of physical intimacy that could have caused arousal. Not intercourse. Just a handshake or a hug. Though it is clear that the punishment of having intercourse is 70 whips.

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  • Those sins whose punishments are prescribed in the Shariah are the only ones which have punishments, rest although are sins, are taken care of in the after life (or) you'll be given to taste the punishment in some other form. See also: this
    – servant-of-Wiser
    Commented Aug 27, 2015 at 6:51

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First of all you should do sincere repentance from what you did. Even if to me handshaking isn't a (big) sin because in some cases it would be considered as impolite! And IMO the handshaking matter was a special order for our Messenger (peace be upon him). And Islam or at least some madhabs respect some local customs: as an example the people of Medina used to do female circumcision in jahliya and Islam didn't prohibit it. On the other Hand the man in Mekka used to tap their disobeying wife's while in Medina this was not the case and the Quran allowed it but with careful/cautious/light tapping!

Back to the handshakes and hugging this is still (very much) far away from zina (even if it is something that may lead to it, and therefore something one should or is strongly asked to avoid) so there's no (by shari'a prescribed) punishment for that! But as for any sin repentance would be needed!

On the other hand scholars say that a sincere repentance would make sins disappear even for sins which should be (but are not) punished according to shari'a (see the links below in Arabic)! This would mean you should do repentance and expiation and real regretting and turn the sins into good deeds like praying, fasting,..., doing good things, helping: Being a good Muslim and not redoing what those sins!

Because of the following Verses:

  1. Do they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful? Surat at-Tawba(9:104)

  2. Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. Surat al-Furqan(25:70)

  3. And it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do. Surat ash-Shura(42:25)

Verses 1 and 3 just tell as that Allah accept repentance (if it is sincere as explained above) while Verse 2 tells us that Allah even turn sins into good deeds if one is faithful and and repent sincerely!

And Allah knows best!

Here some References 1 2 3 (in Arabic)

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Is it haram for my husband looking after his x wife because she has corona virus. He lives with them 30 miles from my house he did not even care to come see me. But his come from London he lives with his sister inlaw. I have kids from my previews marriage I live separate. So does my husbands x wife. He stills tells people that she is his wife but hadis way he gave her talak iv been married to him 5yrs now and he went running today to them because the whole family effected from virus. God knows he could be even sleeping with her. He has 2 kids with her big boys. What punishment will he get normally she stays at home very provocative what in her clothing. Towards my husband I don't trust him

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  • You needed to tell your story but it doesn't answer the question.
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    Commented May 1, 2021 at 12:46

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