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If a man (or women) is punished to death for some cardinal sin dictated to such punishment under sharia law, upon his death, in his afterlife will the soul be granted heaven exclusively? I think it should be as such since the person already punished on earth using God's Law. Else, the soul will be punished twice, isn't?

How if another person did the same cardinal sin but didn't get caught and lived all his life before died on natural causes?

How these two souls will be treated in afterlife? How Qur'an or Hadith dictates events for these situations?

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This is an open and shut case:

"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) [in a gathering] and he said: 'Pledge to me that you will not associate [anything as] partners with Allah, and that you will not steal nor commit adultery.' He recited to them the Ayah. (And he said:)'Whoever among you dies, then this reward is with Allah, and whoever among you does some of this and then he is punished, it is atonement for him. And whoever does some of this and Allah covers it for him, then it is up to Allah; if He wills, He will punish them, and if He wills, He will forgive him.'"

So, yes, they are forgiven for the specific sin they were punished for. But, I wouldn't say they would be granted Jannah automatically. They still have to answer for everything else.

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  • Hmm... apostasy might be more nuanced. Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 13:19
  • @Rebecca . Yes, apostasy is different. I am just talking about crimes by muslims.
    – The Z
    Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 13:23
  • Apostasy by definition makes you a non-muslim. Plus the punishment of apostasy is for betrayal. Maybe that is forgiven and the person is punished like a normal disbeliever.
    – The Z
    Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 13:24

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