Why do you not want the guilty to be punished? It is this attitude that encourages violence that do whatever you want Allah will forgive. Your emotional blackmail will not convince me whatsoever.
Today's times are very different to when Islam was during the time of the Prophet. Then the unversed did not know much about it's teachings where as today every Muslim knows the severity of shirk. You see if someone killed my family member then I want utter dalmatian for them. Here I must also mention how blood money is allowed in Islam only if the victims family accepts.
No one can justify murder when in Islam killing one person equals killing entire humanity. No I reject your belief with all my heart that repenting is just enough when it simply isn't true. Prophets were on a different level to us so lets not go there. Some forms of sin are forgivable where as others or not. Your belief that even the most severe sins are forgiven upon repenting is not true.
Where did I say that I do not want the Guilty to be punished ? Show me where I write that .
Now the reality is I am not the judge , the one who is the judge will judge it. Even the one who judges in court goes by evidence . Does every murder result in a death sentence ? There are various factors which are seen. It is not a straightforward matter.
Secondly whatever I am saying is mentioned in the hadeeth, I have not written them myself. If you disagree I cannot help that.
Jibril came to me and gave me this glad tiding: "-Anyone from your ummah will enter Paradise if he dies without associating partners with Allah". Thereupon, I said to him, "-Even if he commits fornication and theft?" He replied, " Yes, even if he commits fornication and theft " According to what our Prophet (pbuh) narrates, he asked Jibril this question three times and he received the same answer each time.
This is in Bukhari , Tirmidhi and Musnad E Ahmed.
So , the prophet is saying something , and as a Muslim I am supposed to accept that as truth.
Yes , blood money is allowed only if the victim's family accepts that , otherwise he should be handed capital punishment. Nut if he is killed as a result of punishment , his sin is absolved for hereafter ( I am talking about the sin of murder ). He would no longer be held accountable for that Murder on the day of judgment.
In debates we look at evidence , not emotions. Firstly you say that prophets are at different levels , now if they do wrong that is even more bad because of their position they have , the high standards they have.
Secondly , I gave examples of companions who were Mushriks , yet they changed and repented and many of them became guiding lights for next generations.
How can someone justify murder ? I really did not expect someone educated and living in the west and a sensible person to be asking this kind of question.
Killing can be justified under various situations in real life as well. Killing done in self defense , killing done to protect someone , killing done as in accident, killing done when intention was only injury , killing done when during a fight , etc.
There have been many occasion when judges have given benefit to killer , considering several factors and circumstances in which it has been done.