Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with civil laws in the punishment of adultery
This study seeks to analyze the stance of shari`ah in implementing Hudud punishment on women in the case of adultery and fornication and to compare it with the existing civil laws in the modern age. The issue of Hudud has been much debated, attacked and ridiculed in the global electronic and print...
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| author | Osmani, Noor Mohammad Amin, Faroque |
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| description | This study seeks to analyze the stance of shari`ah in implementing Hudud punishment on women in
the case of adultery and fornication and to compare it with the existing civil laws in the modern age. The
issue of Hudud has been much debated, attacked and ridiculed in the global electronic and print media.
There has been a serious misconception about Islamic criminal punishment in general and the punishment
of adultery in particular. It was publicized that Islam hunts the adulterers and kills them through stoning.
A search of Qur’anic ayat and ahadith of the Prophet (PBUH) proves the fact that the committers of
adultery were not searched or hunted by the Islamic state; instead, the offenders themselves came
voluntarily to confess to the Prophet (PBUH) for obtaining purity and cleanliness, lest they be punished
by the divine eternal torment in the Hereafter. Prophet (PBUH) though tried repeatedly to avert and gave
ample chances for them to return and repent to Allah, but due to their insistence and determination, finally
took up the case and implemented the punishment of stoning in a few cases. However, the Qur’an is
totally silent about stoning. The Qur’an (24: 2-3) commands 100 lashes to be carried out on the adulterers,
apparently for unmarried ones... |
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| spelling | iium-227002012-03-20T07:08:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22700/ Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with civil laws in the punishment of adultery Osmani, Noor Mohammad Amin, Faroque KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh This study seeks to analyze the stance of shari`ah in implementing Hudud punishment on women in the case of adultery and fornication and to compare it with the existing civil laws in the modern age. The issue of Hudud has been much debated, attacked and ridiculed in the global electronic and print media. There has been a serious misconception about Islamic criminal punishment in general and the punishment of adultery in particular. It was publicized that Islam hunts the adulterers and kills them through stoning. A search of Qur’anic ayat and ahadith of the Prophet (PBUH) proves the fact that the committers of adultery were not searched or hunted by the Islamic state; instead, the offenders themselves came voluntarily to confess to the Prophet (PBUH) for obtaining purity and cleanliness, lest they be punished by the divine eternal torment in the Hereafter. Prophet (PBUH) though tried repeatedly to avert and gave ample chances for them to return and repent to Allah, but due to their insistence and determination, finally took up the case and implemented the punishment of stoning in a few cases. However, the Qur’an is totally silent about stoning. The Qur’an (24: 2-3) commands 100 lashes to be carried out on the adulterers, apparently for unmarried ones... 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22700/1/254-258.pdf Osmani, Noor Mohammad and Amin, Faroque (2010) Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with civil laws in the punishment of adultery. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh Osmani, Noor Mohammad Amin, Faroque Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title | Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title_full | Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title_fullStr | Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title_short | Implementing Hudud on women in Shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| title_sort | implementing hudud on women in shari`ah: a comparison with
civil laws in the punishment of adultery |
| topic | KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22700/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22700/1/254-258.pdf |