Sharia Law Rules and Punishments in Holly Islam: Sharia Law is one of the most important Law of Islam. The Sharia Law is also called Shari’a or Shariah, it law is cast from the words of Muhammad(P.B.U.H) called “hadith,” his actions, called “sunnah,” and the Quran, which he dictated. The Sharia law itself cannot be altered but its interpretation, called “fiqh,” by muftis (Islamic jurists) is given some latitude.
As per legal terminology, the Sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public behavior, the Sharia law regulates public behavior, private behavior, and even private beliefs. Compared to other legal codes, the Sharia law also prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation and favors corporal and capital punishments over incarceration. Of all legal systems in the world today, the Sharia law is the most intrusive and restrictive, especially against women. According to the
Sharia Law Punishments
- Theft is punishable by amputation of the hands
- Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death.
- Criticizing Muhammad or denying that he is a prophet is punishable by death.
- Criticizing or denying Allah is punishable by death
- A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death
- A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.
- A woman or girl who alleges rape without producing 4 male witnesses is guilty of adultery.
- A woman or girl found guilty of adultery is punishable by death
- A male convicted of rape can have his conviction dismissed by marrying his victim.
- Muslim men have sexual rights to any woman/girl not wearing the Hijab
- A woman can have 1 husband, who can have up to 4 wives; Muhammad can have more.
- A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.
- Girls’ clitoris should be cut (Muhammad’s words, Book 41, Kitab Al-Adab, Hadith 5251).
- A man can beat his wife for insubordination
- A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.
- A woman or girl who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist(s).
- Testimonies of 4 male witnesses are required to prove rape of a female
- A man can unilaterally divorce his wife; a wife needs her husband’s consent to divorce.
- A divorced wife loses custody of all children over 6 years of age or when they exceed it.
- A woman’s testimony in court, allowed in property cases, carries ½ the weight of a man’s.
- A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits
- A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
- Meat to eat must come from animals that have been sacrificed to Allah – i.e., be “Halal.”
- Muslims should engage in Taqiyya and lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam.
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Islamic Law Rules within the Sunni understanding draws from numerous sources. The most basic two sources – indeed, the defining characteristics of Sunni Islam – are the Qur’an, believed by Muslims to be the literal word of ALLAH, and the prophetic tradition including the statements and actions of Muhammad passed down through historically verifiable reports. consensus is also accepted by Sunni Muslims, though there is much differing over its exact definition. Analogical reason is typically referred to as a fourth primary source by later and modern Muslim authors, though its exact definition and even validity are not unchallenged.
Beyond the four main sources, other methods such as juristic discretion, public welfare and local custom are often considered, though discussions regarding how these sources are to be applied is ongoing.
Examples of Sharia Laws?
Sharia law is generally derived from fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is the theory and philosophy of Islamic law, which is derived from the Quran and Sunnah but also from the old Arab laws, old Jewish laws, old tribal customs with some input from Greco Roman and other philosophies that the Islamic society had access to.
Fiqh is broadly divided into two main areas:
1. Rules that govern actions by Muslims
2. Rules that govern the consequences of actions by Muslims
The first category covers actions that are obligatory, recommended, permitted, not recommended and prohibited
The second category covers the consequences from the above and take into account the conditions under which they occured, the causes, whether they were preventable, whether coercion or force was involved and whether they are valid or corrupt and whether they can be deferred or must be dealt with immediately
The study areas of fiqh are four
1. General principles of the legal system
2. Means and ways of resolution of the problems
3. Determination of the rule to be adopted
4. Implementation of sharia law.
So sharia law itself has to undergo a process of distillation from theory to practice.
There are many many sharia laws as every society sets its own. So I will give examples of two of them