2. Crime and Punishment

Question 1

Quotes on Muslim attitudes towards justice

Answer 1

• ‘O you who believe, be persistently standing firm in justice, witness for Allah’ [Surah 4]

Question 2

Quotes on Muslim attitudes towards crime

Answer 2

• ‘Allah orders justice and good conduct… and forbids immorality and bad conduct’ [Surah 16]

Question 3

Quotes on Muslim teachings about good, evil and suffering

Answer 3

• ‘If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it’

[Surah 2]

Question 4

Quotes on Muslim attitudes towards punishment

Answer 4

• ‘He has perpared for the wrongdoers, a painful punishment’ [Surah 76]

Question 5

Quotes on Muslim attitudes towards the aims of punishment

Answer 5

• ‘Allah wants to accept your repentance’ [Surah 4]

Question 6

Quotes on Muslim teachings about forgiveness

Answer 6

• ‘If you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed Allah is forgiving and merciful’ [Surah 64]

Question 7

Quotes on Muslim teachings about the treatment of criminals

Answer 7

.- ‘They give food in spite of love for it to… the captive’ [Surah 76]

Question 8

Quotes on Muslim attitudes towards the death penalty

Answer 8

• ‘Take not life, which God has made sacred, except by way of justice and law’ [Surah 6]

Question 9

What are the four types of punishment? Give a quote for each.

Answer 9

• Protection ‘O ye who believe, stand firm in justice’
• Retribution ‘Prescribed for you is legal retribution’ [S2]
• Deterrance
• Reformation ‘Mankind was created weak’ [S4]