"eye for an eye", or retributive justice, in traditional Islamic law
This is a sub-article of Islamic criminal jurisprudence.
For other uses, see Qisas (disambiguation).
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Qisas or Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قِصَاص, romanized: Qiṣāṣ, lit. 'accountability, following up after, pursuing or prosecuting') is an Islamic term interpreted to mean "retaliation in kind",[1][2] "eye for an eye", or retributive justice.
Qisas and diyya are two of several forms of punishment in classical/traditional Islamic criminal jurisprudence, the others being Hudud and Ta'zir.[3]
The legal systems of Afghanistan,[4] Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the northern states of Nigeria currently apply qisas.
^Mohamed S. El-Awa (1993), Punishment In Islamic Law, American Trust Publications, ISBN 978-0892591428
^Shahid M. Shahidullah, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: Global and Local Perspectives, ISBN 978-1449604257, pp. 370-372
^Asghar Schirazi (1997), The Constitution of Iran : politics and the state in the Islamic Republic, I.B. Tauris London, pp. 222-225
^"Islamic Emirate Committed to Implementation of Qisas: Deputy Supreme Judge". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
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