His Eminence Sheikh Ali ibnAbdur-Rahman al-Huthaifi, may Allah preserve him, delivered the Friday khutbah entitled, “The Virtues of Applying Allah’sShari‘ah and Rulings,” in which he talked about the mercy of Allah, Exalted be He, towards His servants, as manifested in His pure Shari‘ah, in which He has prescribed penalties for the crimes committed in this present world so that people may lead a good life under the umbrella of Allah’s prescribed legal penalties (hudud), laws, and rulings. He also said that Allah has prescribed such penalties in order to preserve the five necessitiesrecognized in Islam, quoting some evidence from the Qur’an and the Sunnah to this effect.