crime and punishmnet in islam

Question 1

importance of justice for msulims

Answer 1

1. do not allow perosnal interest or prejeduice inluence doing what is fair
2. justice shows law supports victim and crime for punishmnet
3. no justice there will be unrestr and disruption in society
4. prophet m was prepared to give his kids the apporiate punishment if found guilty of crime
5. through zakah, muslims try to ensure everyones basic needs are met

Question 2

what are the non reliigous attitudes to justice and muslim repsonses

Answer 2

atheists and humanist support justice becuase it is basic human rifht, freedon and respect.

mulsims agree and believe human were born with a sense of justice and that the prohets of allah led the way in showing how justice should be served

Question 3

what is thr nature of crime in islam

Answer 3

• hudud –> crimes against God
• Qisas –> crimes against indiivuals or families where vicitm or victim family able to choose punishment
• ta zir –> crimes for which punishmnet not stated in quran or hadith so punishment is left up to a qadi

Question 4

4 causes of crime

Answer 4

• socalization –> difficulties in confomring to society’s norms, becaue of poor parenting or a trouble family life.
• labelling theory –> predjudice against people from particular social or racial backgorunds
• lack of opportunity –> lack of suitable job opportunities
• subculture –> poeer groups that apporve of delinguqent bahviour due toa dislike for rules and dsirepsect for authoirty

Question 5

quote for crime

Answer 5

“God commands justice, doing good do not break oaths after you have sworn them”

teaches muslims to that allah expects fiarness, should act in the right way and should honour their promises

Question 6

muslims teaching about nature of good and evil actions

Answer 6

1. people are born with fitrah that is pure
2. people have free will which leads to us acting in positive or negative ways
3. limitied undertanding of good and evil and often make mistakes
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Question 7

reward for good actions quote

Answer 7

“God will reward them for their steadfastness”

quran gives vivd descriptions of afterlife

Question 8

why do epople suffer

Answer 8

Allah is responsible for the suffering some sinners experinece becuase he puts a disease or darkness into their hearts for their continued disobedience

Poeple have been given reason and understanding so that they can follow the right path described by the prophets.

Question 9

what are non religious attitudes to suffering and muslim response

Answer 9

no god therefore no divine exaplantion for the universe we have ti make sense of suffering oursleevs. muslisms disagree and say that people should make use of their minds ad=nd relaize that there is a greater power in the universe, god anf that god can help them explain the existence of suffering,

lfie is a steuggle which in the human community needs to try to overcome but muslims believe that suffering can ahve apostivie sidel it can teach resilience anf provide people with opportunities to perform good actions

whever anyone suffers, we should eek to relieve their pain and muslims agr=ree with helping people who are sufferign as part of khalifah of the earth.

Question 10

quote of punishment and meanings