Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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punishment on anyone who is proven to have committed this crime.
Allah (s) says: (And [as for] the male thief and the female thief, cut
off [from the wrist joint] their [right] hands as a recompense for that
which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allah)
(Qur'an 5: 38). The Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased
with them) carried out these dings.
3.3. Just retaliation and bodily hann
Islamic Sharia brought rulings on just retaliation, in order to
protect life and ward off evils that result from widespread harh
killing and bloodshed. Allah (&) says:
(0 you who believe! Al-Qi& [the Law of Equality in punishment] is
prescribed for you in case of murder.) (Qur'an 2: 178)
%4nd there is [a saving ofl life for you in al-Qi& [the Law of
Equality in punishment], 0 men of understanding.# (Qur'an 2: 179)
(And whoever is killed wrongfully [Mazlliman intentionally with
hostility and oppression and not by mistake], We have given his heir
the authority [to demand Qi&, -Law of Equality in punishment -
or to forgive, or to take Diyah (blood money)]. But let him not exceed
limits in the matter of taking life [i.e. he should not kill except the
killer]. Verily, he is helped [by the Islamic law].) (Qur'an 17: 33)
The following are some issues having to do with the rulings on
murder, retaliation and bodily harm:
3.3.1. When a number of people
take part in the murder
If a group of people take part in murdering a person, then they
are all to be executed for it, according to 'Ali (&).276 It was narrated