Open AccessExploring Facets of Islam on Security and Peace: Amnesty and Pardon in Islamic Law
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hāshim Kamali
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v3i3.536
Subject(s) - amnesty , forgiveness , islam , law , blame , punishment (psychology) , fiqh , obligation , religious law , sharia , political science , normative , sociology , philosophy , theology , human rights , psychology , social psychology , psychiatry
Amnesty, pardon, and forgiveness are the means, in Islamic theology and law, as in most other world traditions, of relieving someone from punishment, blame, civil liability or religious obligation. The same result is often achievable by recourse to certain other methods such as reconciliation, arbitration, and judicial order. The fiqh positions explored here derive from the Quran, normative teaching or Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad and general consensus (ijma) of scholars for generations.