Qisas
Sign in to saveQisas or Qiṣāṣ () is an Islamic term interpreted to mean "retaliation in kind", "eye for an eye", or retributive justice. Qisas (along with its alternative punishment of blood money, aka diyya, compensation paid by the offender, which is applied in cases where retaliation conditions are not met) is one of several forms of punishment in classical/traditional Islamic criminal jurisprudence, the others being hudud and ''ta'zir''.
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Islamic scriptures
- Quran
- Hadith
- Traditional jurisprudence
- Basis
- Differences in treatment according to religion and status of victim
- Hanafi
- Non-Hanafi
- Current practice
- Iran
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Saudi Arabia
- Qisas and honor crimes
- See also
- References
Qisas or Qiṣāṣ () is an Islamic term interpreted to mean "retaliation in kind", "eye for an eye", or retributive justice. Qisas (along with its alternative punishment of blood money, aka diyya, compensation paid by the offender, which is applied in cases where retaliation conditions are not met) is one of several forms of punishment in classical/traditional Islamic criminal jurisprudence, the others being hudud and ''ta'zir.
According to James Lindgren, it is standard wisdom among legal historians that collective responsibility in ancient law has given way to individual responsibility in modern law. In ancient societies, the person perpetrating a crime or the family or tribe to which they belonged was commonly punished following the principle, "Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal."