The Book of Jināyāt (Criminal Offences)

Question: Two men fired bullets at a man, and he was killed by the bullet of one of them. It then became clear that the slain man was an adversary of one of them, inasmuch as his son had killed...

Question: A man killed another man. The tribe of the slain man then rose up and killed a man from the tribe of the killer. Later, others came and made peace between the two tribes, treating the slain man as...

Question: Is it permissible for the believer to stir up the causes of enmity and fighting among those who spread corruption on earth?

Question: If a man rejoices at the killing of a man for a religious reason or for a worldly reason, does he bear any consequence for that?

Question: Does a man incur sin if his soul rejoices and is pleased at the killing of certain sinners who persist in harming people, even though he has no share whatsoever in the act of killing them?

Question: A boy at the stage of approaching puberty had uncles who were beautifying for him enmity towards his father and making him hate him, until he became filled with enmity and hatred toward his father. His father was sick,...

Question: A man killed another man, and the slain man was a wicked person who neither prayed nor fasted. Later on, the killer felt remorse. Is his repentance valid without his turning himself in to the heirs of the murdered...

Question: A man appointed another man as his proxy to undertake the execution of qiṣāṣ (retaliatory killing) against the killer of his relative, after it had become established for both the proxy and the one who appointed him, by way...

Question: Does a man incur sin by standing in a place that is being continuously targeted by bombardment, or does he not incur sin? And if he keeps his wife and children with him in the dangerous place, what is...

Question: A man was carrying on his donkey a rifle in the side-bag (khurj) of the donkey. He was walking along with his donkey in company with a group on a road, and the rifle which was in the side-bag...