Punishment of the Adulterer for the Murder of His Illegitimate Child in Imami and Sunni Fiqh (A Comparative Study)

Document Type : Academicm and Research

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1 Assistant Professor in Criminal Law&Criminology/ faculty of law/ University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services/ Tehran/Iran

2 Assistant Prof. of Islamic Law, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Judicial Law, University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services, Tehran, Iran

10.22091/csiw.2022.8540.2318

Abstract

One of the conditions for Qisās, according to the majority of Imami and Sunni jurists, is the absence of a father-child relationship between the killer and the killed. This means that if a father commits the murder of his child, he will not be subject to Qisās. It is maintained that if the child born is the result of an illegitimate relationship between a Muslim man and a Muslim woman, the Shariah discredits the father-child relationship. Due to the lack of such relationship, it is then a bone of contention whether the adulterer who intentionally kills his illegitimate child shall be punished by Qisās. Recruiting a descriptive-analytical design, the researchers have examined Shariah texts as well as the expert opinions of the jurists and found that the adulterer can apparently be exempted from a Qisās even in the absence of the legitimate father-child relationship. It is due to the fact that the Shariah has not exclusively stipulated the legitimacy/illegitimacy condition of the child birth upon deciding on the Qisās issue. It is also more consistent with the principle of caution in Islam.

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Comparative Studies on Islamic and Western Law
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 34
December 2023
Pages 33-64

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