Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
responsibility over his family. On the contrary, punishment
under Sharia tends to open new horizons to inflict pain on
the offender with avoidance of imprisonment whenever such
is possible.
Conclusion: Sharia criminalizes certain acts in protection
of the five major elements of life, namely, religion, the
human being, the mind (reason), honor and property for
the better interests of individuals and communities, and
sets punishments for that as well as preventive measures to
prevent crime. These include statement and declaration of
Sharia provisions, courts to decide rights, instilling virtue
and protecting morals, pedagogy of conscience, promotion
of virtue and prevention of vice, education and souls refining,
eschatological penalty, repentance for sins and punishment
for sins.
Sharia has set controls over punishment that differentiate
between certain/ fixed crimes for which certain punishments
have been provided and variable/ changing situations where
judges have been given room to exert discretion as to the
appropriate punishment to be applied; so to speak, there is
proportionality between each crime and the nature of the
attached punishment.
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